compiling gnustep-base in a build directory separate from the source

[Dan Hitt]

Hi,

I would like to compile gnustep-base in a build directory not the
source directory.

That is, i would like to go into a fresh, new, clean, empty directory
and type something like
  ../../../path/to/src/gnustep-base-1.6.0/configure --prefix=/path/to/install
and then
  make
and then
  make install

I can do the first part, i.e., run configure (after sourcing
GNUstep.sh), and it exits with success (status 0).

But it produces no makefile (although it produces a base.make file,
which looks like it could be #include'd into a makefile), and of
course make fails.

This is using gnustep-base-1.6.0 (3/17/2003).

Thanks in advance for any pointers.  (And thanks to Nicola for
earlier help on gnustep-make.)

dan