Re: Configure script not at the root of src directory

[Tim Post]

On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 09:25 -0700, scleung wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     Usually we use autoscan to scan the source directory structure to
> generate configure.ac file and finally generate configure script in the root
> of source directory.
>     Now I want to put the scripts including configure to another directory
> (i.e. in one of subdirectories of source directory). But the makefile.ins
> which generated by automake can no longer call subdirectory ones.
> What should I do to implement this directory structure?
> for example:
> the structure is like this:
> build\     --     configure scripts located in this directory
> src\       --     source files
> test\     --     test files

A better method would be to allow the user to do that. For instance:

address@hidden ls
.
..
src/
test/

address@hidden mkdir build
address@hidden cd build
address@hidden ../configure
address@hidden make

... etc ...

With very few exceptions, however, I don't see the use of _not_ dirtying
up the source directories with objects and other output if proper
cleaning targets exist.

Cheers,
--Tim