[Xastir-dev] Compiling from "build" directory

[Curt Mills]

This issue is solved in pull request #61. Most likely that will get merged
into "master" later tonight.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 9:07 AM Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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