From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22837 invoked by alias); 15 Sep 2004 13:08:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 22822 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2004 13:08:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 15 Sep 2004 13:08:47 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8FD8kAn008957; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:08:46 -0400 Received: from post-office.corp.redhat.com (post-office.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.227]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i8FD8kr06627; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:08:46 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (dj.cipe.redhat.com [10.0.0.222]) by post-office.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i8FD8j732544; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:08:45 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8FD8jHj008756; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:08:45 -0400 Received: (from dj@localhost) by greed.delorie.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i8FD8jjT008752; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:08:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:43:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200409151308.i8FD8jjT008752@greed.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: rearnsha@gcc.gnu.org CC: zack@codesourcery.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org In-reply-to: <1095240160.1376.106.camel@pc960.cambridge.arm.com> (message from Richard Earnshaw on Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:22:40 +0100) Subject: Re: Obsolete building in source dir? References: <00f801c497a2$e2deb9c0$92b92997@bagio> <20040914121705.A32238@synopsys.com> <874qm0ejuf.fsf@codesourcery.com> <200409141947.i8EJlOvo017876@greed.delorie.com> <1095240160.1376.106.camel@pc960.cambridge.arm.com> X-SW-Source: 2004-09/txt/msg00919.txt.bz2 > If we print out 'creating build directory in -build... > configuring in -build' then it's no-longer 'behind their back'. Assuming the user catches that line in the heaping gobs of output configure produces (especially when builds are automated). Better to say: $ ./configure configure: Please create a separate build directory for builds including gcc. $ ... so that the user KNOWS. But, I'd prefer to just fix the bugs. That's what we usually do (and have historically done) when we find them. I'm amenable to making $srcdir aboslute when it's relative, too. That should paper over a number of PRs in a relatively harmless way, breaking only net installs where the mount points differ from machine to machine (which is a bad practice anyway IMHO).