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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Force object directory use
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To: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
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On 16 November 2010 21:59, Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com> 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.

[Something seems to have line-wrapped this patch so it won't
apply (not just me, http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/71463/
has line-wrap damage too).]

Minor nit: I think the patch as it stands breaks the "Please
call configure before running make!" user-error guard, doesn't
it?

-- PMM