Olivier Goffart wrote:
> On Thursday 10 September 2009 21:44:17 Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm experiencing errors when compiling the current git version, in a
>> separate build directory: I created a build directory, and when running
>>
>> ../configure
>>
>> I get the following error... is it possible to build qt in a different
>> directory? Or should I build it in the same directory of the sources?
>
> Yes, shadow build are possible, I do that all the time.
>
> The difference is that we usually have the source and the build directory on
> the same level.
>
> (i have ~/qtdev/src/qt-46 and ~/qtdev/build/qt-46 , some others have
> ~/dev/qt-src-46 and ~/dev/qt-46)
>
> Indeed, I get the same error as you if the build directory is inside the
> source directory.
> We'll see what we can do. Thanks for reporting.
>
Yes, it works like that, thanks! :-)
Surely it's worthwhile to document it: shadow builds are useful also for
non-developers, e.g., for building different configured versions of qt
(static, debug, etc.)
thanks again
cheers
Lorenzo
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