Re: VPATH, pattern rules and building from any directory.

[Dan Kegel]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Oleksandr Gavenko <address@hidden> wrote:
> Q: What is name for ability build from non project dir? I am non-English
> speaker so it is hard to make proper search query to get answer...
>
> I look in autobook and at http://mad-scientist.net/make/multi-arch.html
> That sources have phrases:
>
>  * build packages whose source files reside in another tree
>  * invoke the build from within the target directory
>
> but how about one-two word term?

"Out-of-tree build" is commonly used.  ("Out-of-source build" is a
variant synonym.)

> What references or articles do you recommend to read about separating build
> from source directory?

cross-compiling is a common use case for out-of-tree builds, there's
some chance references on that topic might be useful.
- Dan