Hi! Thursday, 06 December, 2001 Polley Christopher W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
PCW> Having done the make/make install from my source tree, do I have to repair PCW> anything now? just delete the source tree, unpack in again, rebuild in separate directory. PCW> Where can I find more information on the rationale behind not PCW> building in the src directory? in mailing list archives. many people, including core cygwin developers, find it preferable to make builds in separate directory not only for cygwin, but for any autoconf-managed package. So, in-place configure is unmaintained therefore unsupported therefore not recommended. believe me, building in separate tree makes a _lot_ of things easier, once you're accustomed to it :) PCW> Why does the README in the cygwin package say: >>It is now possible to automatically configure and build a variety of >>tools with one command. To build all of the tools contained herein, >>run the ``configure'' script here, e.g.: >> >> ./configure >> make PCW> if this is the incorrect way to do it? because it's not cygwin README. it's generic GNU package README. i admit that it may be not clear. Egor. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
