Re: Question about X build tactics.
On Son, 2002-12-15 at 16:28, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote:
> Is there a big reason why lndir is not used instead of cp in the build
> rules?
>
> For reasons of disk space alone something along the lines of:
>
> mkdir $(SOURCE_TREE)
> lndir ../../$(SOURCE_TREE)-real $(SOURCE_TREE)/ ifndef NOT_BUILDING_X_SERVER
> # create source tree for static, debuggable XFree86 server
> mkdir $(SOURCE_TREE)-xserver-xfree86-dbg
> lndir ../../$(SOURCE_TREE)-real $(SOURCE_TREE)-xserver-xfree86-dbg/
>
> Seems reasonable, are there any catches that I am missing?
I don't expect there to be, but if there are, cp -la should always work?
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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