From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Vollmer Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: Re: guile-snarf writes to $srcdir, which is not kosher Date: 08 Apr 2002 18:45:44 +0200 Sender: bug-guile-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <873cy6f8av.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> References: <87bscvjez9.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1018284327 7733 127.0.0.1 (8 Apr 2002 16:45:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:45:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-guile@gnu.org Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16ucGk-00020W-00 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:45:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16ucGQ-0000vJ-00; Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:45:06 -0400 Original-Received: from dialin.speedway42.dip78.dokom.de ([195.138.42.78] helo=zagadka.ping.de) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16ucEB-0000l6-00 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:42:47 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 1331 invoked by uid 1000); 8 Apr 2002 16:45:44 -0000 Original-To: ttn@glug.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Errors-To: bug-guile-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:109 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:109 Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > what is a "VPATH build", specifically? A VPATH build is when you compile in a directory other than the source directory. This is useful when you want to compile a package for different configurations but from a common source. The name stems from the fact that it is implemented using the VPATH variable of make. > what other kinds of builds are there? I only about VPATH builds and 'normal' builds where the object files end up in the same directory as the source. > (This was uncovered by a simple "make distcheck", which thankfully > write-protects the source directory. I hope everybody uses "make > distcheck" freely before checking in their changes, eh?) > > you can do more than hope: why not write down some good tips under > workbook/build/ somewhere? Ok, it's in HACKING. > [cleaning not required in the presence of SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER] > > if you remove cleaning you need to promote SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER to required > status and document accordingly. It is already. _______________________________________________ Bug-guile mailing list Bug-guile@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guile