Re: [PATCH] Project out of sources compilation

[Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>]

On Wed, 2024-04-03 at 21:22 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
> > Cc: rms@gnu.org, spacibba@aol.com, dmitry@gutov.dev,
> > emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:27:09 +0300
> > 
> > I hope now you understand why I'm saying Emacs doesn't fully
> > support it 😊
> 
> I still think you are mistaken.  What you call "out of tree build" is
> not what is generally meant by that.

Okay, what do you consider meant by that?

> Bootstrapping a repository
> invariably causes some "build artifacts" to be deposed in the source
> tree

Sure, that's unfortunately how autotools work.  On the upside though,
it is rare for these files to cause problems.  Which can't be said
about .elc ones.

> , and the more the project makes a point of not having generated
> files in the repository, the more artifacts are needed in the source
> tree before you can start building out of tree.  

Citation needed 😄  You asked me previously for examples of projects
that do not generate any files in the tree, I provided you with that 😊
I can certainly assure you that you don't necessarily have to generate
files "in tree".  I worked with many different projects and distinct
build systems, so I have a lot of experience in that regard.  Do you
have in mind some specific case that you see a problem with?

> And that is
> perfectly okay, nothing wrong about that.

There are problems with generating code in tree, some of which I did
show to you previously.  Unless I misunderstand what you mean by that.