On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 07:14:35PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: [cut]
> > That's correct. You can put the build directory anywhere you like. > But, you do need to chdir to the build directory before running > "cmake /path/to/source", just as you do when running > "/path/to/configure" with autoconf. You can of course run "cmake > .", and have the source and build directories be the same, but then > there's no separation and you end up writing the cache file to the > source tree (which can cause problems for any future out-of-source > builds since it will be reused). > I am pretty sure I have compiled stuff with cmake, with separate build and source directories, and without the need to manually chdir anywhere. I remember it was possible to set a cmake variable for this purpose (was it anything like EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH?!?!?), but I might be wrong on this. Maybe I am too accustomed with autotools :) HND KatolaZ -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
