On Aug 29, 2000, Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Robert> project-root:
Robert> drv/  src/  inc/  make/  @host@/

> You could probably do this somehow with a lot of hackery.  But it
> isn't the automake way -- in particular putting objects into the
> `@host@' directory.  Instead we encourage people to use the standard
> GNU `non-srcdir' build feature.

I.e., it's trivially done if you run ../configure within @host@.

Robert> I won't even mention the headaches that I will encounter when
Robert> I go to link the C++ shared libraries...  ;)

> These are probably solved, at least if you refer to template
> instantiation problems.  You can set the `_AR' variable on a
> per-library basis to the correct CC invocation.

Or you may use the multi-language libtool, that supports building
shared libraries with several C++ compilers.

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