Re: guile-snarf writes to $srcdir, which is not kosher

[Marius Vollmer]

Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> writes:

> what is a "VPATH build", specifically?

A VPATH build is when you compile in a directory other than the source
directory.  This is useful when you want to compile a package for
different configurations but from a common source.  The name stems
from the fact that it is implemented using the VPATH variable of make.

> what other kinds of builds are there?

I only about VPATH builds and 'normal' builds where the object files
end up in the same directory as the source.

>    (This was uncovered by a simple "make distcheck", which thankfully
>    write-protects the source directory.  I hope everybody uses "make
>    distcheck" freely before checking in their changes, eh?)
> 
> you can do more than hope: why not write down some good tips under
> workbook/build/ somewhere?

Ok, it's in HACKING.

>    [cleaning not required in the presence of SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER]
> 
> if you remove cleaning you need to promote SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER to required
> status and document accordingly.

It is already.