Re: [Qemu-devel] converting build system to Meson?

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 10:31:20AM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 06:47, Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I stopped using in-tree builds years ago.  When test-building different
> > configurations using an build/$cfgname out-of-tree build directory is
> > the only sane approach.
> 
> Yes. The other big advantage for me is being able to blow away
> the whole build tree and recreate it if necessary.

Yes.  Easy way to force a full rebuild, which seems to be needed now and
then because the dependency tracking of our build system isn't perfect.

> > And IIRC I've managed to break in-tree builds
> > because of that.
> 
> I think in fact I have just broken in-tree builds with the
> Sphinx support patchset :-/

Great opportunity!  Stop supporting in-tree build fixes a bug,
so this can be merged post soft-freeze.

cheers,
  Gerd