tech-toolchain: Re: Separate build tree?

Subject: Re: Separate build tree?
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@cygnus.com>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 09/13/1999 18:18:45

Excerpts from mail: 8-Sep-99 Re: Separate build tree? Hubert
Feyrer@rfhs8012.f (573*)

> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > Is it possible to build parts of netbsd in a completely separate build
> > tree (much like autoconf sets up).

> # for obj dirs:
> OBJMACHINE?=             1
> BSDSRCDIR?=             /tmp_mnt/jabberwocky/usr/cvs/src
> BSDOBJDIR?=             /usr/obj

> Then, do a "make obj" first. (the OBJMACHINE is not necessaryly needed,
> it'll give you a "obj.${MACHINE_ARCH}" dir instead of a "obj"). This will
> give you "obj"-links to $BSDOBJDIR. Maybe see also
> /usr/share/mk/bsd.README.

Ah, close but backwards.  I'd like the src tree left read-only.

Thanks anyway,

	Andrew