Re: Configure script not at the root of src directory

2010-03-20 Thread Tim Post
On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 09:25 -0700, scleung wrote: Hi, Usually we use autoscan to scan the source directory structure to generate configure.ac file and finally generate configure script in the root of source directory. Now I want to put the scripts including configure to another

Re: Configure script not at the root of src directory

2010-03-20 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 03/20/2010 08:12 AM, Tim Post wrote: With very few exceptions, however, I don't see the use of _not_ dirtying up the source directories with objects and other output if proper cleaning targets exist. Traditionally, there are 2 primary reasons: 1) Multiple builds, e.g. building with

Configure script not at the root of src directory

2010-03-19 Thread scleung
directory). But the makefile.ins which generated by automake can no longer call subdirectory ones. What should I do to implement this directory structure? Thanks! scleung -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Configure-script-not-at-the-root-of-src-directory-tp27947668p27947668.html

Re: Configure script not at the root of src directory

2010-03-19 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/18/2010 10:06 AM, scleung wrote: Now I want to put the scripts including configure to another directory (i.e. in one of subdirectories of source directory). Why? No one else does it that way. Configure is _always_ a top-level file, per GNU Coding Standards. You aren't going to get