On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:05:53PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > > When using autotools lyx2lyx_version.py is generated in lib/lyx2lyx > > under the build directory. If you run lyx in place, this directory > > is also taken into account and thus lyx2lyx_version.py is found: > > I agree that this is convenient, but it is against the idea of > source/build separation. Right now, a scons build will not touch or > create any file (including config.h) in the source directory. I am not > sure it is a good idea to change it.
The source directory is not touched at all. A lib/lyx2lyx dir is created in the build directory and lyx2lyx_version.py is put there. This directory is then added to the libdir search path when it is detected that lyx is run in place. -- Enrico
