Re: Need help with cleaning up a working GNU Autotools setup

[Peter T. Breuer]

In comp.os.linux.development.system Sune <sune_ahlgren@hotmail.com> wrote:
>                          +----bin (for executables)
> rsd-----+----collections-+----obj (for intermediate object files)
>         |                +----lib (for libraries)
>         +----debug  (as for collections)
>         |
>         +----global (as for collections)

> How do I achieve this in a smooth way? I've tried the manuals and the

The standard way is to 

   cd collections/bin
   make -f ../../global/Makefile target VPATH=../../global/

if I understand you right. That is, I think you want to compile in a
different place from where the source is, possibly in several
different ways to. "Info make".

Peter