Re: [mxe-octave] dev branch: build failure in documentation stage? (was Re: [mxe-octave] dev branch: build failure in install stage?)

[Mike Miller]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 03:15:06 -0700, PhilipNienhuis wrote:
> Hopefully Mike can explain if building in source dir is better for later
> cross-builds.
> For me building in a separate build dir works fine and has mostly worked
> fine. 

Sorry for the confusion. It shouldn't matter honestly. Building out of
the source tree has the advantage that you can clean most (but not all!)
of the build by deleting the build directory.

The best way to build a source distribution is to make a fresh clone (or
run `hg purge --all` to delete all untracked files), followed by
bootstrap and whichever form of `configure && make all && make dist` you
prefer.

-- 
mike