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Re: VPATH and Relative vs. Absolute pathnames
- From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple dot dallas dot tx dot us>
- To: John Darrington <john at cellform dot com dot au>
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 09:24:30 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: VPATH and Relative vs. Absolute pathnames
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, John Darrington wrote:
> Is there any way to instruct automake to only use relative pathnames
> in its makefile? This way, one could actually use the VPATH feature,
> which is essential if you're building a project under certain CM
> systems.
In conjunction with Autoconf, Automake already provides the ability to
build from outside of the source tree. What purpose do you need to
use VPATH for?
Bob
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