The current _user-interface_ ("./configure ...ARGS...; make") also has
the advantage of making it pretty clear where one specifies
configuration options, and retaining those options during normal
rebuilds.
With a "make-only" approach, where do I specify configuration options?
"make OPT1=yes ..."?
On 04/24/2013 06:44 PM, Andy Tai wrote:
> The GNU Build system is generally set up such that the Makefile.am,
> configure.ac, etc. files are in the root directory of a software project.
> Is there a way to place these files in a subdirectory of the root
> directory, like this as an example:
>
> ./
The GNU Build system is generally set up such that the Makefile.am,
configure.ac, etc. files are in the root directory of a software project.
Is there a way to place these files in a subdirectory of the root
directory, like this as an example:
./
README
COPYING
GNUBuild/
Makef
Roger Leigh writes:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 08:36:06AM +0100, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
>> As a distribution developer this seems to me just yet another hack that
>> is going to cause us great pain in the future if it is found in the
>> wild..
> I'm not sure I see why. It has the virtue of re
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 08:36:06AM +0100, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
> On 24/04/2013 00:10, Gavin Smith wrote:
> >
> > My question is, is there any interest in this kind of approach? I feel
> > that it would be a step towards making the GNU build system easier to
> > use and understand.
>
> As a d
On 24/04/2013 00:10, Gavin Smith wrote:
>
> My question is, is there any interest in this kind of approach? I feel
> that it would be a step towards making the GNU build system easier to
> use and understand.
As a distribution developer this seems to me just yet another hack that
is going to caus
