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| author | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-21 15:18:50 (EST) |
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| committer | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-21 15:18:50 (EST) |
| commit | 43164ca01c116941e77f5b3a051ce5f9937ace17 (patch) | |
| tree | dc45a86b93a98dd2a0caf199a6c2ff957feb283d /INSTALL | |
| parent | bd9d2405b823b33ed64b97fe8296655a39c4530b (diff) | |
Document use of a separate build directory.
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 15 |
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@@ -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! |