Makefiles

[Johnny Wezel]

Is there a reason to do a cd before every compile in the makefile? IMHO 
it's only a way to direct the objects into a specific directory. The 
same effect could be achieved by a -o option which would even prevent 
some overhead.

The actual reason why I'm asking is that it prevents from using distcc, 
a VERY handy tool on a 233MHz Pentium these days!

You could say now, OK go ahead and change the Makefiles, BUT I'm using 
Gentoo Linux, where the makes are done automaically.

Cheers
Johnny Wezel