[Sdcc-user] VPATH

[Ken J. <Ken...@ie...>]

I count 23 files named Makefile.in in sdcc.  Only one of them
contains the following line, whereas other projects usually have
it in every Makefile.in file.

    VPATH = @srcdir@

Why is it missing?

I depend on the VPATH feature because I often build two versions:
one for Linux for me, and one for the Windows crowd that fears I
have an unfair advantage.  :)

Here's the way I normally build things:
  * Untar in /usr/local/src/
  * Create subdirectories build-linux and build-mingw
  * In each, run ../configure with  --target, --host, etc.
  * In each, run make

This works perfectly for binutils, gcc, and a few other packages,
and it works to a limited degree with others.

I'm not up to speed in the autoconf/automake world, so I don't
know if it's simple, but can we get VPATH support?  Thanks.

-Ken Jackson