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Re: [help-GIFT] patch set!
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Re: [help-GIFT] patch set! |
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Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:48:05 -0600 |
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 09:00:05AM +0100, David Squire wrote:
> address@hidden wrote:
> >make gift build in a builddir (AKA, instead of doing "./configure; make"
> >you do "mkdir build; cd build; ../configure ; make")
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> Why would you do that? That is not the standard way for a GNU project to
> be built. That one, I think, will have to be rescinded.
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per page 13 of my autoconf book, it is the standard. :)
the features to do it are built into autoconf and everything.
i'll forward you some links reguarding the standardness of not using SRCDIR for
BUILDDIR as soon as i get to work.
Julia Longtin <address@hidden>