From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giorgos Keramidas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Out of tree builds Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:59:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87pr6ojaeq.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <87bpi81y3o.fsf@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260381626 3326 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2009 18:00:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 09 19:00:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NIQpV-0005iV-OW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:00:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40170 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIQpV-0005UH-Kq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:00:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIQpN-0005Qm-7M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:59:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIQpI-0005Gc-1C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:59:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59427 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIQpH-0005G8-Q4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:59:47 -0500 Original-Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr ([150.140.141.169]:49162) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NIQpG-0008Be-T3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:59:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A68DFEB4734; Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:59:44 +0200 (EET) Original-Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB9045303; Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:59:44 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Original-Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id It1jfounKgit; Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:59:44 +0200 (EET) Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (ppp-94-64-224-63.home.otenet.gr [94.64.224.63]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13125451B2; Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:59:44 +0200 (EET) Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB9HxgZb028346 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:59:43 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Original-Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB9Hxfsk028343; Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:59:41 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:25:12 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (berkeley-unix) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:118463 Archived-At: On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:25:12 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> Are some people doing out-of-tree builds here? >>> >>> I just tried one and encountered some problems, but they seem to have >>> been around for a long time (e.g. the use of ../src/bootstrap-emacs), so >>> I wonder: have people used it successfully in the (recent) past? > >> I'm often building Emacs outside of a CVS checkout, if that is what you >> are asking. There was a recent bootstrap failure, but other than this I >> have been building Emacs in ~/tmp/emacs-src by copying everything *but* >> the CVS/ directories for a long time (at least a couple of years). > > Oh, bu out-of-tree builds I was talking about the following kind of > thing: > > mkdir build > cd build > /path/to/emacs/sources/configure > make > > this is supposed to work. And you might like to use it to avoid > copying everything. Ah, I see now. Thanks. I haven't tried building with $objdir != $srcdir in a long time then. Reading the rest of the thread I see that you fixed the original problem you had, so I will try building this way during the next update and see how things work.