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Re: [PATCH 1/4] setup.exe
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 12:10:49 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] setup.exe
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- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 04:11:22PM +0100, marco atzeri wrote:
>On 2/1/2013 3:40 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> On 25/01/2013 22:10, Achim Gratz wrote:
>>> Build commands:
>>> 1) Configure using this option
>>> $ /path/to/setup/bootstrap.sh
>>> - This will automatically rebuild configure files and run configure in the
>>> - current directory.
>>> + This will automatically rebuild configure files and run configure
>>> + in the current directory. The current directory must be outside
>>> + the source tree.
>>
>> I don't think this is needed. I know cgf said "the build directory should be
>> separate from the source directory", but it seems to me that setup configures
>> and builds correctly in the source directory.
>
>I prefer cgf's point of view, it is much simpler to produce patches
>if the build tree is separated.
So do I but I don't think the intent was that it wouldn't work at all.
If that is the case it probably should be fixed.
cgf