Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 21/08/20 12:14, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > I can remove the "rm -rf biuld" in configure if we are happy > to require > > > ./configure > make > make distclean > ./configure > make > > because the "GNUmakefile" wires up "distclean" to purge the > build/ directory. > I have already

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 21.08.2020 um 12:14 hat Daniel P. Berrangé geschrieben: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 11:58:21AM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote: > > Am 20.08.2020 um 19:42 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: > > > On 8/20/20 11:55 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the s

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 11:58:21AM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote: > Am 20.08.2020 um 19:42 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: > > On 8/20/20 11:55 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > > people are used to just running "./configure && m

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 20.08.2020 um 19:42 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: > On 8/20/20 11:55 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > > meson conversion breaks that. > > > > This in

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 07:15:03PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 17:56, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > > meson conversion brea

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:42:20PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > On 8/20/20 11:55 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > > meson conversion breaks that. > > > >

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 20/08/20 19:42, Eric Blake wrote: >> >> This goes on top of Paolo's most recent meson port v175 posting, >> or whatever number it is upto now :-) > > Nice comment for reviewers, but doesn't quite need to be preserved in git. I for one don't mind. :) Paolo

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 17:56, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > meson conversion breaks that. > > This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On 8/20/20 7:42 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 8/20/20 11:55 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: >> Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many >> people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the >> meson conversion breaks that. >> >> This introduces some backco

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Eric Blake
On 8/20/20 11:55 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the meson conversion breaks that. This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as if an "in source t

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Typo "pseudo" in subject. On 8/20/20 6:55 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > meson conversion breaks that. > > This introduces some backcompat support to ma

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 17:56, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > meson conversion breaks that. > > This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 06:10:34PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 17:56, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > > meson conversion breaks t

Re: [PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 17:56, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > meson conversion breaks that. > > This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as i

[PATCH] configure: add support for psuedo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the meson conversion breaks that. This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as if an "in source tree" build is being done, but with the the result