Re: VPATH and Relative vs. Absolute pathnames

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, John Darrington wrote:

> Is there any way to instruct automake to only use relative pathnames
> in its makefile?  This way, one could actually use the VPATH feature,
> which is essential if you're building a project under certain CM
> systems.

In conjunction with Autoconf, Automake already provides the ability to
build from outside of the source tree.  What purpose do you need to
use VPATH for?

Bob
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