Tobias Weingartner wrote:
>
> On Friday, March 17, Laird Nelson wrote:
> >
> > 1. Run them (let's say nightly or frequently at any rate) out of a
> > sandbox that has been massaged until there are no modified or ? files in
> > it
> > 2. Run them using make and VPATH such that the build takes place in
> > directory tree B, but the source is looked up via make's VPATH mechanism
> > from directory tree A (which B mirrors in structure), where A has been
> > massaged until there are no modified or ? files in it
> > 3. Do (2) but do a cvs -export to a fresh area first
>
> 4. Use a "configure" type tool (like gnu config), to create and build
> in a separate "object/build" directory.
>
> <snip>
We also use autoconf (option 4) since we support multiple os/platform
combinations; and will soon implement nightly builds.
