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Re: Top Level Autoconfiscation Status


In message <20020630221237.A2110@hollebeek.com>, Tim Hollebeek writes:
 >> * To avoid a lot of subtle problems, configure uses absolute pathnames
 >> for most directories which it puts into the Makefile.  This means you
 >> can no longer 'configure', relocate srcdir or builddir, and then 'make'.
 >> I doubt that this is important.
I do this regularly -- especially on machines where configure is slow
(hpux, aix, solaris).

 >It could cause problems with mounted directories, which can have
 >different names on different machines.  E.g. if I do a "make" in
 >/usr/export/src/gcc and then try to do a "make install" in
 >/net/src/gcc on a different machine.
Also a real problem.

jeff


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