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Re: [Qemu-devel] trace: weird issues with makefile dependencies
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] trace: weird issues with makefile dependencies |
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:40:24 +0100 |
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Il 22/01/2013 15:59, Stefan Hajnoczi ha scritto:
> Why not seriously default to ./build/ for build products and get rid of
> class in-tree builds?
>
> The build still happens inside the working tree by default but it will
> be in a dedicated ./build/ directory. We can easily rm -rf that
> directory to eliminate all build products.
>
> The only downside I see is existing developers, packagers, and testers
> having to get used to ./build/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 and
> friends.
Packagers are excluded, since "make install" would abstract them from
the change.
> I think it's worth it if we can eliminate these time-consuming build
> system glitches.
Well, "patches are welcome". :) Using out-of-tree builds is what you'd
do for all other projects.
Paolo