From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9287F6DE0A77 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 03:47:48 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.006 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.006 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.005, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id v87wXxv7GUwj for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 03:47:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FD5A6DE0A6C for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 03:47:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cCmJF-0005Kg-MP; Fri, 02 Dec 2016 06:47:21 -0500 Received: (nullmailer pid 5225 invoked by uid 1000); Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:47:41 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Tomi Ollila , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fix out of tree build for ruby bindings In-Reply-To: References: <1480099848-17636-1-git-send-email-too@guru.guru-group.fi> <8737iav1g0.fsf@tethera.net> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 07:47:41 -0400 Message-ID: <87vav2tuw2.fsf@tethera.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:47:48 -0000 Tomi Ollila writes: > > There are now 2 alternatives > > 1) write srcdir as absolute path (only or additionally) to the *.config > files. this would make these things simpler. Here the hard problem is off^H^H^H > name the variable... I'm generally in favour of centralizing these kinds of calculations in configure if possible. d