On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/17/2016 04:37 PM, Igor Gnatenko wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> during last FPC meeting we agreed[0] > > > Well, it was not agreed. Actually, I quit the meeting in protest against > your plan and your lack of understanding. > >> that we need some standardization >> of macro related to builds where builddir != srcdir (and with >> possibility to make it builddir = srcdir). > > > For decades, this is has been called VPATH-builds in make terms. > >> I was working to make guidelines for ninja and meson. For ninja it >> doesn't matter from where you build (it's like make), but meson itself >> accepts ONLY out-of-tree builds. Would be nice to get system-wide >> (rpm-wide?) macro which stands for: >> 1) source directory where CMakeLists.txt/meson.build/configure are >> 2) build directory (I think _target_platform is a good candidate) >> >> to make out-of-tree conversion to in-tree, you do the RPM variable >> override. > > > I don't see any need to do so nor has there been any demand for such beasts > ever since rpm exists. > > $(PWD), pushd/popd, sub-shelling are common means to avoid these. > >> For example, in openSUSE it's defined in cmake[1] as __builddir and >> __srcdir. > > Yes, SUSE always has a long history in cluttering their specs with useless > macros and questionable features. > >> Ideas, suggestions are appreciated! > > IMO, just drop this idea. It's featuritis. Problem is that with meson everyone will need to put this boilerplate stuff in *each* spec. > > > > _______________________________________________ > packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- -Igor Gnatenko _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
