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On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 03:24:49PM +0100, David Squire wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> >On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 09:00:05AM +0100, David Squire wrote:
> >
> >>[email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >>>make gift build in a builddir (AKA, instead of doing "./configure; make"
> >>>you do "mkdir build; cd build; ../configure ; make")
> >>>
> >>>
> >>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 That one, I think, will have to be rescinded.
> >>
> >>
> >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.
> >
> >
> I am not talking about autoconf recommendations. I am talking about
> standards for GNU projects, which must be adhered to because of the 'G'
> in 'GIFT'. I have built many, many GNU programs, and not one ever
> required me to do what you describe above. I think we should stick to
> the standard GNU way of doing things.
>
> The standard GNU way is:
>
> tar xvfz package.tgz
> cd package
> ./configure
> make
> (make test)
> make install
>
> This is so standard that I typically do it without even reading README
> and INSTALL when building GNU stuff.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
david,
perhaps my entry in ChangeLog is not clear..
this only adds the ability to "mkdir builddir ; cd builddir; ../configure; make".
the normal standard (old) gnu way is still supported.
Julia Longtin <[email protected]>