From 43164ca01c116941e77f5b3a051ce5f9937ace17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: P. J. McDermott Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:18:50 -0500 Subject: Document use of a separate build directory. --- (limited to 'INSTALL') 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! -- cgit v0.9.1