On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 07:14:35PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:

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>
> That's correct. You can put the build directory anywhere you like.
> But, you do need to chdir to the build directory before running
> "cmake /path/to/source", just as you do when running
> "/path/to/configure" with autoconf. You can of course run "cmake
> .", and have the source and build directories be the same, but then
> there's no separation and you end up writing the cache file to the
> source tree (which can cause problems for any future out-of-source
> builds since it will be reused).
>

I am pretty sure I have compiled stuff with cmake, with separate build
and source directories, and without the need to manually chdir
anywhere. I remember it was possible to set a cmake variable for this
purpose (was it anything like EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH?!?!?), but I
might be wrong on this. Maybe I am too accustomed with autotools :)

HND

KatolaZ

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