On 31 May 2018 22:44, Jefferson Carpenter wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] automake.texi: clarify relationship between configure and
> build dir
>
> I know you what this meant, but as a kid this would have confused me - the
> word "in" seems to imply that the "configure" file is inside of the build dir,
> as if it should be copied there or something. The word "from" makes it more
> clear that the intended action is to run "../configure" (or more generally
> "$SOURCE_DIR/configure") from the build dir.
>
> --- a/doc/automake.texi
> +++ b/doc/automake.texi
> @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ The source tree is rooted in the directory containing
> @file{configure}. It contains all the sources files (those that are
> distributed), and may be arranged using several subdirectories.
>
> -The build tree is rooted in the directory in which @file{configure}
> +The build tree is rooted in the directory from which @file{configure}
> was run, and is populated with all object files, programs, libraries,
> and other derived files built from the sources (and hence not
> distributed). The build tree usually has the same subdirectory layoutthanks for the patch. it looks like Karl took inspiration from your suggestion and applied a fix to use "rooted in the current directory at the time configure" phrasing instead. i don't see a response in the group about it, so this is more of an FYI :). http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?h=8e05f006415d1811785ab5dab1ea4ae5a44c184e -mike
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