Folks,
Andrew Dunstan posted some instructions on his blog, and I'm thinking
they clarify things a great deal for people who want to learn how to
do VPATH builds.
Attached patch adds the description along with an index term. What
say?
Cheers,
David.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 5da97c5..cd3755b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -542,9 +542,18 @@ su - postgres
This script will run a number of tests to determine values for various
system dependent variables and detect any quirks of your
operating system, and finally will create several files in the
-build tree to record what it found. (You can also run
+build tree to record what it found. You can also run
configure in a directory outside the source
-tree if you want to keep the build directory separate.)
+tree, if you want to keep the build directory separate. This
+procedure is also called a
+VPATHVPATH
+build. Here's how:
+
+mkdir build_dir
+cd build_dir
+/path/to/source/tree/configure [options go here]
+gmake
+
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