Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 21/08/20 12:54, Kevin Wolf wrote: >>> Sounds like it will be painful to switch between branches based on make >>> and branches based on meson. By extension, it will also be painful to >>> check out and build old versions for comparison, or doing that even more >>> than once during git bisect. :-

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 21.08.2020 um 12:15 hat Paolo Bonzini geschrieben: > On 21/08/20 12:04, Kevin Wolf wrote: > >> So I'm not sure why the first build gets as far as it does, but does NOT > >> complete things and yet does not fail make, but my advice is that you > >> should > >> NOT try to an incremental build on

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:17:53PM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote: > Am 20.08.2020 um 19:31 hat Daniel P. Berrangé geschrieben: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > > meson conversion breaks

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 20.08.2020 um 19:31 hat Daniel P. Berrangé geschrieben: > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > meson conversion breaks that. > > This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:04:26PM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote: > Am 20.08.2020 um 23:15 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: > > On 8/20/20 12:31 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > > people are used to just running "./configure && make

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 20/08/20 19:31, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > meson conversion breaks that. > > This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as if an > "in

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 21/08/20 12:04, Kevin Wolf wrote: >> So I'm not sure why the first build gets as far as it does, but does NOT >> complete things and yet does not fail make, but my advice is that you should >> NOT try to an incremental build on in-tree build when crossing the meson >> epoch. If you are a fan of

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 20.08.2020 um 23:15 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: > On 8/20/20 12:31 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > > meson conversion breaks that. > > > > This in

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 04:15:59PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > On 8/20/20 12:31 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > > meson conversion breaks that. > > > >

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Eric Blake
On 8/20/20 12:31 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the meson conversion breaks that. This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as if an "in source t

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Eric Blake
On 8/20/20 12:31 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the meson conversion breaks that. This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as if an "in source t

Re: [PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On 8/20/20 7:31 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many > people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the > meson conversion breaks that. > > This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as if an > "in

[PATCH v2] configure: add support for pseudo-"in source tree" builds

2020-08-20 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
Meson requires the build dir to be separate from the source tree. Many people are used to just running "./configure && make" though and the meson conversion breaks that. This introduces some backcompat support to make it appear as if an "in source tree" build is being done, but with the the result