On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 04:11:22PM +0100, marco atzeri wrote: >On 2/1/2013 3:40 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote: >> On 25/01/2013 22:10, Achim Gratz wrote: >>> Build commands: >>> 1) Configure using this option >>> $ /path/to/setup/bootstrap.sh >>> - This will automatically rebuild configure files and run configure in the >>> - current directory. >>> + This will automatically rebuild configure files and run configure >>> + in the current directory. The current directory must be outside >>> + the source tree. >> >> I don't think this is needed. I know cgf said "the build directory should be >> separate from the source directory", but it seems to me that setup configures >> and builds correctly in the source directory. > >I prefer cgf's point of view, it is much simpler to produce patches >if the build tree is separated.
So do I but I don't think the intent was that it wouldn't work at all. If that is the case it probably should be fixed. cgf