[Xastir-dev] Compiling from "build" directory

[Tom Russo]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:03:17AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> 
> You can always clean your clone so that it contains *nothing* that isn't
> tracked by git.  Simply do:
>   git clean -dXf

BTW, because any git command that can delete things may be dangerous, you
might first want to do
    git clean -dXn

which does a "dry run" that just tells you what the other command *WOULD* have
deleted, but doesn't actually delete them.

> 
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 09:07:09AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <curt.we7u at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > I admit I usually don't use a "build" directory as the instructions
> > currently say to do.
> > 
> > I just tried it and end up with this:
> > 
> >   error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there
> > first
> > 
> > The sequence was:
> > 
> > $ cd Xastir
> > $ ./bootstrap.sh
> > $ mkdir -p build
> > $ cd build
> > $ ../configure CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/libgeotiff"
> > configure: loading site script /usr/share/site/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
> > checking for gawk... gawk
> > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> > checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
> > configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean"
> > there first
> > 
> > Following through and doing a make distclean at either level doesn't get me
> > past this issue. Anyone know why? I also deleted the "autom4te.cache"
> > directory: Didn't make a difference.
> > 
> > I can certainly continue to build in the Xastir directory w/o the build
> > directory, but it would be nice to understant this so I can update the SuSE
> > build instructions.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Curt, WE7U        http://we7u.wetnet.net        http://www.sarguydigital.com
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> 
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> Tom Russo    KM5VY
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Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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