On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 10:31:20AM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 06:47, Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > I stopped using in-tree builds years ago. When test-building different > > configurations using an build/$cfgname out-of-tree build directory is > > the only sane approach. > > Yes. The other big advantage for me is being able to blow away > the whole build tree and recreate it if necessary.
Yes. Easy way to force a full rebuild, which seems to be needed now and then because the dependency tracking of our build system isn't perfect. > > And IIRC I've managed to break in-tree builds > > because of that. > > I think in fact I have just broken in-tree builds with the > Sphinx support patchset :-/ Great opportunity! Stop supporting in-tree build fixes a bug, so this can be merged post soft-freeze. cheers, Gerd