From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4831 invoked by alias); 9 Oct 2012 05:48:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 4800 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Oct 2012 05:48:46 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:48:37 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 569E91C7DC6; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 01:48:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id gTUKYIiw4izR; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 01:48:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC54C1C7B14; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 01:48:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 30F52C562D; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 22:48:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:48:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Doug Evans Cc: Khoo Yit Phang , Jan Kratochvil , GDB Patches Subject: Re: [PATCH] Also install data-directory into the build directory as computed by relocate_gdb_directory Message-ID: <20121009054832.GA2702@adacore.com> References: <20120927091737.GB2980@adacore.com> <20121004000840.GI3028@adacore.com> <20121004013358.GJ3028@adacore.com> <20121004145105.GP3028@adacore.com> <970CCEFD-FF30-4ED4-9ED9-F9C6A5400120@cs.umd.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-10/txt/msg00145.txt.bz2 > I'm not entirely comfortable with having normal makes (as in "make > all") create files outside of its build directory (and by this I mean > $obj/gdb/../anything). Neither am I, actually. All in all, although I was one of the first few ones to ask for being able to run GDB from the build directory, I just feel like we aren't able to implement in a form that would be convenient (Eg: command-line option), or else it'd open a can of worms (installing stuff outside of the build directory), or come with ample caveats. Best to recognize when the cure is worse than the disease and live with it instead... -- Joel