[PATCHv3] BZ#13750: Do not build manual in the source directory

Andreas Jaeger aj@suse.com
Thu May 3 18:16:00 GMT 2012


On 05/02/2012 10:49 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Andreas Jaeger<aj@suse.com>  wrote:
>> On 04/26/2012 05:09 PM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's a updated patch to build the manual in the build directory and
>>> not anymore in the source directory.
>>>
>>> Tested with make;make info pdf html;make install;make clean
>>>
>>> Ok to commit?
>>
>>
>> Ping, is this ok to commit?
>
> The patch is moving us in the right direction e.g. don't build in the
> source directory.
>
> I have only done a cursory review of the patch, but I trust that if
> you built it and tested it and nothing broke that it's fine. We can
> fix any cosmetic makefile bike-shedding issues at a later date.
>
> Have you reviewed how binutils and gdb do this or are they still
> building the manuals in the source tree? I remember fixing html/pdf
> builds for all the toolchain projects for CodeSourcery, and I remember
> ignoring this issue.

GCC builds the manual in the build dir, binutils as well (in a doc subdir),



> Please check this in on Friday if nobody else disagrees with me :-)

will do, thanks,

Andreas
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