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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problems at cross-compiling LVM2-2.02.52
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To: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> 'make' is designed only to be run from the top directory of the tree,
> not subdirectories.

I'm not running 'make' from a subdirectory of the sources directory, but 
from a directory at its same level. That is, the sources directory is 
/mnt/clfs/sources/LVM2-2.02.52, while the desired build directory is 
/mnt/clfs/sources/lvm2-build. That's the way I usually build packages.