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Re: srcdir == objdir build issues [SC take note]
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- To: bkoz at redhat dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 21:40:20 -0400
- Subject: Re: srcdir == objdir build issues [SC take note]
- References: <20030509201035.51143c7d.bkoz@redhat.com>
> Did anybody not like this approach? I was surprised this did not go in.
I had misgivings about a setup where you tell the software to do one
thing, and it does something completely different. It also added a
maintenance headache for the "synthetic" top-level Makefile, since
every target in the real Makefile would have to be replicated (and
maintained - for ever). It's far easier to just tell the user to
build elsewhere.