Re: [PATCH] gdbserver: start a gitignore

Tom Tromey
2010-12-22T14:43:32Z

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

Joel> I believe that we should encourage people to compile GDB using
Joel> a build directory that is different from the source directory.
Joel> Except I don't know why I think that! :-).

For a long time, GCC didn't support in-tree builds. I think this, plus
the convenience of being able to do multiple builds from a single source
tree, or clean a build by "rm -rf", contributed to its adoption.

Joel> What do people think?

I don't mind .gitignore files listing build artifacts.
It is unlikely to break anything and I am not likely to notice anyhow :-)

Tom