Re: Feature Request: Improved cross-directory builds (intermediate files)

2009-09-12 Thread Jack Kelly
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Bollinger, John C wrote: > Hi, > > So color me embarrassed:  the ‘subdir-objects’ Automake option appears to do > what I want, more or less(*).  Inasmuch as it is particularly relevant > there, perhaps a mention of it could be added to section 7.3 of the manual? >

Re: mv: cannot stat `test-suite.log': Permission denied

2009-09-12 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:57:29PM CEST: Under MinGW, I have now encountered this error at the end of 'make check' when using parallel tests and color tests: mv: cannot stat `test-suite.log': Permission denied and this file

Re: Feature Request: Improved cross-directory builds (intermediate files)

2009-09-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Bollinger, John C wrote on Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 09:09:18PM CEST: > > Automake's cross-directory support seems to have at least one serious > > problem, however: Makefiles generated by the autotools always build > > intermediate objects in the top source directory. For example, if I > > am buildi