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Re: creating and using separate src and obj trees
From: |
Lars Hecking |
Subject: |
Re: creating and using separate src and obj trees |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:32:05 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.5i |
> I have a source tree which is built using automake[1]. The application is
> large
> and being written in C++ and when built the tree ocupies over 1GB. I
> therefore
> want to separate the source tree from the build tree in a similar way that
> FreeBSD uses /usr/src and /usr/obj when building the whole operating
> system[2].
Would there be much more involved than
mkdir objdir
cd objdir
/path/to/srcdir/configure <options>
? This is already possible with current autoconf/automake, but custom rules
for non-standard targets/files may need adjustment. Running configure as
above from a user id different from the one that owns the source tree will
help to find such problems.