Re: Object Directory

[Greg Chicares]

On 2009-03-17 17:36Z, rplogue wrote:
> Hello I am new to make and I am having some trouble finding information. I
> have searched the forums here and I can't seem to find a similar question,
> my apologizes if I have over looked a post that may be helpful.
> 
> I want my Makefile to place the compiled .o files in a predefined directory,
> how is this done? I am assuming it would be an easy step of setting a
> variable or something but I can't seem to find the information. 

It'd be hard to guess good search keywords for this, but
if you try 'objdir' here:
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/
you'll find lots of relevant discussions. For example:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2006-03/msg00159.html
| > OBJDIR = ../../obj/subproj1
| > OBJS :=  $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(OBJS))
|
| That's the way it's traditionally done.