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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2] Force object directory use
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To: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
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On 11/17/2010 08:15 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
> If the user attempts to run 'configure' in the source tree,
> create an object directory and configure that instead.
>
> Rename topmost Makefile to Makefile.top. Add a new Makefile, which
> is only used when user attempts to run 'make' in the source tree.

Interesting, but what's the point?  It hardly simplifies code, since 
$source_path_used can be eliminated anyway...

Paolo