Tijnema wrote: > On 8/17/07, Clyde Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Now that I've given it some more thought: Why does one cd to the newly >> created package directory after unpacking it (in Chapter 5)? Is it >> simply to make sure that the directory exists? Or is it the stub end of >> some larger general procedure that I should be more familiar with? >> >> Just wondering. >> Clyde Forrester >> -- >> > > Well, you need to be in that directory to be able to run configure, > make and all other instructions ;-) > > Tijnema > So... (bottom posting, of course)... (sorry if I'm being dense)... normally I would be in the newly unpacked foo.1.2.3 directory, and doing my configure, make, make install? Whereas in chapter 5, by creating a foo-build directory and working therein, I'm doing something relatively unusual?
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