> > > Usually makefile generated by automake will compile each > > > source file and output .o file in the same directory of the > > > source file. How to let automake output .o files to a > > > specific directory at the same time savely link them to my > > > program/library? > > * scleung wrote on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 03:29:15AM CET: > > I have searched some related threads and seems that it won't > > work like this way. > > All suggestions were using VPATH build.
What is the problem with this? > > So does it possible to change the current directory in > > configure script to specify the builddir? > > Yes, by calling the configure script *from* the builddir-to-be, > i.e., with the builddir as current directory. And it is easy! If you have `mypackage' with configure.ac, Makefile.am, sources etc. then just simply do: $ cd mypackage $ mkdir Debug $ cd Debug $ ../configure --enable-debug && make all check and you can build a second configuration: $ cd .. $ mkdir Release $ cd Release $ ../configure --disable-debug && make distcheck This is lovely, isn't it? :-) oki, Steffen
