Hey Ralph, the process is as follows: the sources get downloaded into the /dl directory. at build time they get untarred in the /build_<arch>. there they have their own subdir as mentioned in the package makefile. then they get patched and compiled. (package-compile) in the install stage, the resulting binaries will get copied into the staging dir. why is there a need to have an extra dir for objects & binaries? just to save the untarring/patching process?
best regards, johannes ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 1:37 PM Subject: [OpenWrt-Devel] usage of build directories > Hello, > ... is there any reason not to build the autmake/autoconf based packages > within seperate build directories? > Currently all packages are build within their source directories. I > think it would be better to unpack (and patch) the source directories > and run the configure / make from the (different) build directories. > In my opinion it's better not to contaminate the source dirs with the > objects/binaries. Am I right? > br/R > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > http://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org http://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
