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Re: Configure script not at the root of src directory
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Ralf Corsepius |
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Re: Configure script not at the root of src directory |
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:22:55 +0100 |
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On 03/20/2010 08:12 AM, Tim Post wrote:
With very few exceptions, however, I don't see the use of _not_ dirtying
up the source directories with objects and other output if proper
cleaning targets exist.
Traditionally, there are 2 primary reasons:
1) Multiple builds, e.g. building with different flags, options.
2) Read-only sources, e.g. sources on read-only-filesystems,
or read-only permissions to a source-tree.
Ralf