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Re: VPATH, pattern rules and building from any directory.
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Dan Kegel |
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Re: VPATH, pattern rules and building from any directory. |
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Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:53:06 -0700 |
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Oleksandr Gavenko <address@hidden> wrote:
> Q: What is name for ability build from non project dir? I am non-English
> speaker so it is hard to make proper search query to get answer...
>
> I look in autobook and at http://mad-scientist.net/make/multi-arch.html
> That sources have phrases:
>
> * build packages whose source files reside in another tree
> * invoke the build from within the target directory
>
> but how about one-two word term?
"Out-of-tree build" is commonly used. ("Out-of-source build" is a
variant synonym.)
> What references or articles do you recommend to read about separating build
> from source directory?
cross-compiling is a common use case for out-of-tree builds, there's
some chance references on that topic might be useful.
- Dan