On 18 July 2008, Stefan Manegold wrote with possible deletions:
ps: Is there any particular reason why you use a separate build dir only for MonetDB, but call configure in the top-level source dir for all other packages? To keep the source tree clean, we always reccomend to use a separate build dir in all cases.
No, not really. But the MonetDB package was the only one where I stumbled over an according hint. Generally I tar-bzip2 directories checked out, and in case something fails with the build, I remove the (polluted) dir and unpack the original. Besides, I think 'configure' in a seperate directory is a bit unusual, and I did not want to break things. Kind regards, Stefan -- Stefan Klinger o/klettern /\/ bis zum send plaintext only - max size 32kB - no spam \ Abfallen http://stefan-klinger.de