On 08/13/2012 10:57 AM, Daniel J Sebald wrote: >>> it might be something like: >>> >>> --builddir=DIR object and libraries >>> >>> which is essentially the same as doing: >>> >>> mkdir ../DIR >>> cd ../DIR >>> ../<projname>/configure OTHER_OPTS >>> cd ../<projname> >> > > I'm reading up on VPATH builds. I'll toss the VPATH method over to the > Octave discussion list. What you suggested above IS a VPATH build. VPATH is the 'make' variable name for using a builddir that is different from the sourcedir, and your proposal is just about adding syntactic sugar to the ./configure command to make a VPATH build easier to specify from the configure command line, by naming something other than '.' as the builddir. -- Eric Blake eblake@xxxxxxxxxx +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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