[CMake] Source file symlinks on out-of-source builds

Rodolfo Schulz de Lima rodolfo at rodsoft.org
Thu Dec 3 13:18:32 EST 2009


Michael Jackson wrote:
> I'll throw a "no" vote on that but what I would like to hear is some
> more detail from Rodolfo explaining why he thinks he needs this? Have
> you tried embedding the build directory inside the source directory?
> Some of us use this type of setup and it seems to work really nicely
> with IDEs, Text Editors, and the terminal?

Hi Michael, I've already replied with some 'details' you wanted.
About this idea of creating the build directory inside the source
directory, how this makes things better other than always referencing
the source files with "../<source>"?

Regards,
Rodolfo Lima



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