Gregory Stark wrote:
"Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Also, since they are (or should be) architecture-independent, what's the
point? Out-of-tree builds are intended to support building for multiple
architectures in parallel; but there's no reason to force independent
reconstructions of these common derived files.
That's not the only reason for out-of-tree builds. Packagers often find it
easier to build out-of-tree since it means they can generate a clean diff
against the original source.
Right. We actually have to take some special steps in the buildfarm
client script to clean up files generated in the tree by vpath builds so
we have a clean repo on the next run.
But arguably packagers should be building from tarballs anyway rather
than from CVS, in which case the build shouldn't put anything in the
source tree.
cheers
andrew
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