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authorP. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2012-01-21 15:18:50 (EST)
committer P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2012-01-21 15:18:50 (EST)
commit43164ca01c116941e77f5b3a051ce5f9937ace17 (patch)
treedc45a86b93a98dd2a0caf199a6c2ff957feb283d
parentbd9d2405b823b33ed64b97fe8296655a39c4530b (diff)
Document use of a separate build directory.
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4aaccd0..a58f5e0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -34,3 +34,18 @@ The macro 'DESTDIR' affects the root directory into which the 'Makefile'
installs the package. For example, you can install the package into a
filesystem hierarchy under a directory named 'dest' in the current directory by
running 'make DESTDIR=dest install'.
+
+
+SEPARATE BUILD DIRECTORY
+========================
+
+You can call the 'configure' script from any directory on your system, and it
+will detect the location of the package source directory. It is recommended
+that you create a directory outside of the package source directory and build
+and install the package from there as follows:
+ $ ../path/to/package/configure
+ $ make
+ # make install
+
+NB: Currently, this is the only supported way to build this package. Running
+'make' in the package source directory WILL NOT WORK!