On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 11:40 AM DAVE ERICKSON <daveerick...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi Joel; > > >> BTW RTEMS uses GNU autotools differently in that it configures in one >> folder/directory and the builds targets into another folder is a very rare >> way of using autotools. I know this because I have downloaded and reviewed >> over 5000 open source projects for my new book. >> > > Funny because the core GNU tools like gcc, binutils, gdb plus newlib all > allow out of tree builds. > > It may be rare to use it this way but it works and leaves your source > directory with no build artifacts. > > It also allows having multiple builds from the same source tree > simultaneously. > > *It's not an indictment of the RTEMS use of GNU Autotools that you build > out of the configured folder. I am not sure why stating a truth may be > offensive?* > I'm not trying to be offensive. Sorry if it came across that way. FWIW RTEMS after the 5 branch does not use autotools anyway. > > > *It was never a touchy point I was making, it was that for the purposes of > debugging you can't use the online advice that people suggest to fix RTEMS > configuration problems because the "build setup"* > > *(configuring in one folder, bulding targets in another) is not the > TYPICAL way OTHERS use the GNU Autotools. So file finding in PATH searching > works with different options.* > > >> >> Most GNU autotools projects configure IN THE FOLDER that they want to >> compile and archive source code. That's one reason why the problems of >> diagnosing RTEMS build configurations are harder. >> > > This is not required for autotools. It is just the default instructions. > > * When I read this I first thought I was talking to Richard Stallman. > (LOL)* > >> >> Setting explicit file locations with absolute directories is a way to >> workaround the problems. >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> Daemondave on github >> >> Check out my new book Untrapped Value on LeanPub: >> https://leanpub.com/untrappedvalue >> > >
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