Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann 
Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 13:56:36 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:

I found out in the meantime, that removing the old .lyx folder solved the 
issue.
Sorry for the noice.

Wolfgang
 I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
 
   1) ./configure
  configures LyX according to your system.
 
   2) make
  compiles the program.
 
   3) src/lyx
  runs the program so you can check it out.
 
 while doing this, I get:
 
 LyX: Done!
 Warning: Could not read configuration file
 
 Error while reading the configuration file
 preferences.
 Please check your installation.
 
 and LyX is not showing up.
 
 Does somebody know what I should check in the installation?
 
 not yet done:
   4) make install
  will install it.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Wolfgang


-- 
-
Wolfgang Engelmann
Schlossgartenstrasse 22
D-72070 Tübingen
Tel 07071 68325

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:

 I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
  
   1) ./configure
  configures LyX according to your system. 

Hi Wolfgang,

it's not a good idea to build in source tree.

You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:

$ mkdir lyxhome
$ cd lyxhome
$ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
$ mkdir lyx-build
$ cd lyx-build
$ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
$ make
$ src/lyx

Stephan

  
   2) make
  compiles the program.
  
   3) src/lyx
  runs the program so you can check it out.
  
 while doing this, I get:
  
 LyX: Done!
 Warning: Could not read configuration file
 
 Error while reading the configuration file
 preferences.
 Please check your installation.
  
 and LyX is not showing up.
  
 Does somebody know what I should check in the installation?
  
 not yet done:
   4) make install
  will install it. 
  
 Thanks,
  
 Wolfgang

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann 
Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 15:24:22 schrieb Stephan Witt:
 Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann engelmann@uni-
tuebingen.de:
  I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
  
  1) ./configure
  
 configures LyX according to your system.
 
 Hi Wolfgang,
 
 it's not a good idea to build in source tree.


 
 You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
 
 $ mkdir lyxhome
 $ cd lyxhome
 $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
 $ mkdir lyx-build
 $ cd lyx-build
 $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
 $ make
 $ src/lyx

Thats what I did !

I used in my home 
/lyx-2.0.6
and compiled there.

But as in my last mail the issue is solved now, after removing the .lyx 
folder.

Thanks

Wolfgang

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 

Am 25.05.2013 um 15:32 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:

 Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 15:24:22 schrieb Stephan Witt:
  Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann 
  engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:
   I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
   
 1) ./configure
 
configures LyX according to your system.
  
  Hi Wolfgang,
  
  it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
  
  
  
  You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
  
  $ mkdir lyxhome
  $ cd lyxhome
  $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
  $ mkdir lyx-build
  $ cd lyx-build
  $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
  $ make
  $ src/lyx
  
 Thats what I did !
  
 I used in my home 
 /lyx-2.0.6
 and compiled there.

Ok, I thought you used the source tree because of the ./configure step 
in your previous mail. 

 But as in my last mail the issue is solved now, after removing the .lyx 
 folder.

Yes, that's fine. But this should only be a problem if the contents of this 
folder was written by LyX 2.1.

Stephan

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Steve Litt 
On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:24:22 +0200
Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:
 
  I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
   
  1) ./configure
 configures LyX according to your system. 
 
 Hi Wolfgang,
 
 it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
 
 You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
 
 $ mkdir lyxhome
 $ cd lyxhome
 $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
 $ mkdir lyx-build
 $ cd lyx-build
 $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
 $ make
 $ src/lyx
 
 Stephan


Hi Stephan,

Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
for compiling all programs where you need
to ./configure;make;make_install?

Once upon a time I built LyX in such a way that make distclean and make
clean didn't take out ghosts of compiles past, and I had to rm -rf and
tar again:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62008.html
Could doing it your way, with a separate build directory, avoid that
problem? Is that why you're recommending it?

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes 

Le 25/05/13 17:54, Steve Litt a écrit :

Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
for compiling all programs where you need
to ./configure;make;make_install?


I would recommend building out of source tree any package. Package which 
do not support this are buggy IMO. In theory, you can set your source 
directory tree to read-only and still compile.


The advantage is that starting from scratch is trivial. This is even 
more important when compiling from a git check out, where you do not 
want old file to cause problems. In this case a rm -rf * (or the 
windows equivalent that I forgot (deltree?)), will start over cleanly.


JMarc

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 25.05.2013 um 17:54 schrieb Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com:

 On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:24:22 +0200
 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:
 
 I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
 
 1) ./configure
configures LyX according to your system. 
 
 Hi Wolfgang,
 
 it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
 
 You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
 
 $ mkdir lyxhome
 $ cd lyxhome
 $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
 $ mkdir lyx-build
 $ cd lyx-build
 $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
 $ make
 $ src/lyx
 
 Stephan
 
 
 Hi Stephan,
 
 Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
 install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
 directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
 for compiling all programs where you need
 to ./configure;make;make_install?
 
 Once upon a time I built LyX in such a way that make distclean and make
 clean didn't take out ghosts of compiles past, and I had to rm -rf and
 tar again:
 
 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62008.html
 Could doing it your way, with a separate build directory, avoid that
 problem? Is that why you're recommending it?

Yes, this is the reason. Sometimes it doesn't help to avoid the modification
of the source tree completely. It happens the .po files need a rebuild and this
is only possible in-place in the source tree.

Stephan

 
 Thanks,
 
 SteveT
 
 Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
 Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann 
Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 13:56:36 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:

I found out in the meantime, that removing the old .lyx folder solved the 
issue.
Sorry for the noice.

Wolfgang
 I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
 
   1) ./configure
  configures LyX according to your system.
 
   2) make
  compiles the program.
 
   3) src/lyx
  runs the program so you can check it out.
 
 while doing this, I get:
 
 LyX: Done!
 Warning: Could not read configuration file
 
 Error while reading the configuration file
 preferences.
 Please check your installation.
 
 and LyX is not showing up.
 
 Does somebody know what I should check in the installation?
 
 not yet done:
   4) make install
  will install it.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Wolfgang


-- 
-
Wolfgang Engelmann
Schlossgartenstrasse 22
D-72070 Tübingen
Tel 07071 68325

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:

 I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
  
   1) ./configure
  configures LyX according to your system. 

Hi Wolfgang,

it's not a good idea to build in source tree.

You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:

$ mkdir lyxhome
$ cd lyxhome
$ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
$ mkdir lyx-build
$ cd lyx-build
$ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
$ make
$ src/lyx

Stephan

  
   2) make
  compiles the program.
  
   3) src/lyx
  runs the program so you can check it out.
  
 while doing this, I get:
  
 LyX: Done!
 Warning: Could not read configuration file
 
 Error while reading the configuration file
 preferences.
 Please check your installation.
  
 and LyX is not showing up.
  
 Does somebody know what I should check in the installation?
  
 not yet done:
   4) make install
  will install it. 
  
 Thanks,
  
 Wolfgang

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann 
Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 15:24:22 schrieb Stephan Witt:
 Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann engelmann@uni-
tuebingen.de:
  I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
  
  1) ./configure
  
 configures LyX according to your system.
 
 Hi Wolfgang,
 
 it's not a good idea to build in source tree.


 
 You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
 
 $ mkdir lyxhome
 $ cd lyxhome
 $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
 $ mkdir lyx-build
 $ cd lyx-build
 $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
 $ make
 $ src/lyx

Thats what I did !

I used in my home 
/lyx-2.0.6
and compiled there.

But as in my last mail the issue is solved now, after removing the .lyx 
folder.

Thanks

Wolfgang

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 

Am 25.05.2013 um 15:32 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:

 Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 15:24:22 schrieb Stephan Witt:
  Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann 
  engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:
   I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
   
 1) ./configure
 
configures LyX according to your system.
  
  Hi Wolfgang,
  
  it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
  
  
  
  You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
  
  $ mkdir lyxhome
  $ cd lyxhome
  $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
  $ mkdir lyx-build
  $ cd lyx-build
  $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
  $ make
  $ src/lyx
  
 Thats what I did !
  
 I used in my home 
 /lyx-2.0.6
 and compiled there.

Ok, I thought you used the source tree because of the ./configure step 
in your previous mail. 

 But as in my last mail the issue is solved now, after removing the .lyx 
 folder.

Yes, that's fine. But this should only be a problem if the contents of this 
folder was written by LyX 2.1.

Stephan

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Steve Litt 
On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:24:22 +0200
Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:
 
  I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
   
  1) ./configure
 configures LyX according to your system. 
 
 Hi Wolfgang,
 
 it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
 
 You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
 
 $ mkdir lyxhome
 $ cd lyxhome
 $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
 $ mkdir lyx-build
 $ cd lyx-build
 $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
 $ make
 $ src/lyx
 
 Stephan


Hi Stephan,

Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
for compiling all programs where you need
to ./configure;make;make_install?

Once upon a time I built LyX in such a way that make distclean and make
clean didn't take out ghosts of compiles past, and I had to rm -rf and
tar again:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62008.html
Could doing it your way, with a separate build directory, avoid that
problem? Is that why you're recommending it?

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes 

Le 25/05/13 17:54, Steve Litt a écrit :

Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
for compiling all programs where you need
to ./configure;make;make_install?


I would recommend building out of source tree any package. Package which 
do not support this are buggy IMO. In theory, you can set your source 
directory tree to read-only and still compile.


The advantage is that starting from scratch is trivial. This is even 
more important when compiling from a git check out, where you do not 
want old file to cause problems. In this case a rm -rf * (or the 
windows equivalent that I forgot (deltree?)), will start over cleanly.


JMarc

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 25.05.2013 um 17:54 schrieb Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com:

 On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:24:22 +0200
 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de:
 
 I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
 
 1) ./configure
configures LyX according to your system. 
 
 Hi Wolfgang,
 
 it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
 
 You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
 
 $ mkdir lyxhome
 $ cd lyxhome
 $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
 $ mkdir lyx-build
 $ cd lyx-build
 $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
 $ make
 $ src/lyx
 
 Stephan
 
 
 Hi Stephan,
 
 Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
 install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
 directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
 for compiling all programs where you need
 to ./configure;make;make_install?
 
 Once upon a time I built LyX in such a way that make distclean and make
 clean didn't take out ghosts of compiles past, and I had to rm -rf and
 tar again:
 
 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62008.html
 Could doing it your way, with a separate build directory, avoid that
 problem? Is that why you're recommending it?

Yes, this is the reason. Sometimes it doesn't help to avoid the modification
of the source tree completely. It happens the .po files need a rebuild and this
is only possible in-place in the source tree.

Stephan

 
 Thanks,
 
 SteveT
 
 Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
 Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann 
Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 13:56:36 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:

I found out in the meantime, that removing the old .lyx folder solved the 
issue.
Sorry for the noice.

Wolfgang
> I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
> 
>   1) ./configure
>  configures LyX according to your system.
> 
>   2) make
>  compiles the program.
> 
>   3) src/lyx
>  runs the program so you can check it out.
> 
> while doing this, I get:
> 
> LyX: Done!
> Warning: Could not read configuration file
> 
> Error while reading the configuration file
> preferences.
> Please check your installation.
> 
> and LyX is not showing up.
> 
> Does somebody know what I should check in the installation?
> 
> not yet done:
>   4) make install
>  will install it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wolfgang


-- 
-
Wolfgang Engelmann
Schlossgartenstrasse 22
D-72070 Tübingen
Tel 07071 68325

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann :

> I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
>  
>   1) ./configure
>  configures LyX according to your system. 

Hi Wolfgang,

it's not a good idea to build in source tree.

You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:

$ mkdir lyxhome
$ cd lyxhome
$ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
$ mkdir lyx-build
$ cd lyx-build
$ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
$ make
$ src/lyx

Stephan

>  
>   2) make
>  compiles the program.
>  
>   3) src/lyx
>  runs the program so you can check it out.
>  
> while doing this, I get:
>  
> LyX: Done!
> Warning: Could not read configuration file
> 
> Error while reading the configuration file
> preferences.
> Please check your installation.
>  
> and LyX is not showing up.
>  
> Does somebody know what I should check in the installation?
>  
> not yet done:
>   4) make install
>  will install it. 
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Wolfgang
>

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann 
Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 15:24:22 schrieb Stephan Witt:
> Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann :
> > I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
> > 
> > 1) ./configure
> > 
> >configures LyX according to your system.
> 
> Hi Wolfgang,
> 
> it's not a good idea to build in source tree.


> 
> You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
> 
> $ mkdir lyxhome
> $ cd lyxhome
> $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
> $ mkdir lyx-build
> $ cd lyx-build
> $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
> $ make
> $ src/lyx

Thats what I did !

I used in my home 
/lyx-2.0.6
and compiled there.

But as in my last mail the issue is solved now, after removing the .lyx 
folder.

Thanks

Wolfgang

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 

Am 25.05.2013 um 15:32 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann :

> Am Saturday, 25. May 2013, 15:24:22 schrieb Stephan Witt:
> > Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann 
> > :
> > > I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
> > > 
> > >   1) ./configure
> > >   
> > >  configures LyX according to your system.
> > 
> > Hi Wolfgang,
> > 
> > it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
>  
>  
> > 
> > You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
> > 
> > $ mkdir lyxhome
> > $ cd lyxhome
> > $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
> > $ mkdir lyx-build
> > $ cd lyx-build
> > $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
> > $ make
> > $ src/lyx
>  
> Thats what I did !
>  
> I used in my home 
> /lyx-2.0.6
> and compiled there.

Ok, I thought you used the source tree because of the "./configure" step 
in your previous mail. 

> But as in my last mail the issue is solved now, after removing the .lyx 
> folder.

Yes, that's fine. But this should only be a problem if the contents of this 
folder was written by LyX 2.1.

Stephan

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Steve Litt 
On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:24:22 +0200
Stephan Witt  wrote:

> Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann
> :
> 
> > I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
> >  
> > 1) ./configure
> >configures LyX according to your system. 
> 
> Hi Wolfgang,
> 
> it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
> 
> You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
> 
> $ mkdir lyxhome
> $ cd lyxhome
> $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
> $ mkdir lyx-build
> $ cd lyx-build
> $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
> $ make
> $ src/lyx
> 
> Stephan


Hi Stephan,

Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
for compiling all programs where you need
to ./configure;make;make_install?

Once upon a time I built LyX in such a way that make distclean and make
clean didn't take out ghosts of compiles past, and I had to rm -rf and
tar again:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62008.html
Could doing it your way, with a separate build directory, avoid that
problem? Is that why you're recommending it?

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes 

Le 25/05/13 17:54, Steve Litt a écrit :

Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
for compiling all programs where you need
to ./configure;make;make_install?


I would recommend building out of source tree any package. Package which 
do not support this are buggy IMO. In theory, you can set your source 
directory tree to read-only and still compile.


The advantage is that starting from scratch is trivial. This is even 
more important when compiling from a git check out, where you do not 
want old file to cause problems. In this case a "rm -rf *" (or the 
windows equivalent that I forgot (deltree?)), will start over cleanly.


JMarc

Re: testing compiled lyx 2.0.6

2013-05-25 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 25.05.2013 um 17:54 schrieb Steve Litt :

> On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:24:22 +0200
> Stephan Witt  wrote:
> 
>> Am 25.05.2013 um 13:56 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann
>> :
>> 
>>> I have compiled lyx 2.0.6 according to
>>> 
>>> 1) ./configure
>>>configures LyX according to your system. 
>> 
>> Hi Wolfgang,
>> 
>> it's not a good idea to build in source tree.
>> 
>> You should make a separate build directory to build LyX. Like that:
>> 
>> $ mkdir lyxhome
>> $ cd lyxhome
>> $ tar xfz ${download_dir}/lyx-2.0.6.tar.gz
>> $ mkdir lyx-build
>> $ cd lyx-build
>> $ ../lyx-2.0.6/configure
>> $ make
>> $ src/lyx
>> 
>> Stephan
> 
> 
> Hi Stephan,
> 
> Why is what you did above any better than ./configure; make; make
> install from lyxhome itself? I didn't even know the separate build
> directory could be done. Do you recommend the separate build directory
> for compiling all programs where you need
> to ./configure;make;make_install?
> 
> Once upon a time I built LyX in such a way that make distclean and make
> clean didn't take out ghosts of compiles past, and I had to rm -rf and
> tar again:
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62008.html
> Could doing it your way, with a separate build directory, avoid that
> problem? Is that why you're recommending it?

Yes, this is the reason. Sometimes it doesn't help to avoid the modification
of the source tree completely. It happens the .po files need a rebuild and this
is only possible in-place in the source tree.

Stephan

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
> Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance