Re: build files

[Bastian M. <bma...@we...>]

Am 11.04.2011 11:26, schrieb Petr Mikulik:
>> Those have more recent versions, which build out-of-tree. But they may still be in use:
>>
>>    config/
>>    makefile.cyg: Cygwin, superseded by config/cygwin/Makefile
>>    makefile.mgw: MinGW, superseded by config/mingw/Makefile
>>    makefile.wc, config.wc, config.oww: Watcom, superseded by config/watcom/*
>
> I wonder about creation of the 3 new directores config/mingw/,
> config/cygwin/, config/watcom/ ... but not for all other makefiles. Until
> now all makefiles, including unixish ./configure + make, put all .o into
> src/, and nobody complains.
>
> Thus, either all supported makefiles should get their own directory, or no
> one.

Agreed. I am volunteering to update makefile.nt accordingly. I could
also provide a Visual C++ project file, if there's any interest.

I would like to stress that in my opinion out-of-tree builds are really
a worthwhile feature. This is especially true on Windows, where gnuplot
currently supports (at least) four different build systems (MinGW,
OpenWatcom, Visual C++ and Cygwin). Having each built in its own
directory makes life a lot easier.

  Bastian