[Midnight Commander] #208: add support for building out-of-sources builds

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#208: add support for building out-of-sources builds
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  Reporter:  slyfox       |       Owner:  metux   
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted
  Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  4.6.3   
 Component:  mc-core      |     Version:  4.6.1   
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  review  
  Blocking:               |   Blockedby:          
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Description changed by slyfox:

Old description:

> I like run '''./autogen.sh and''' and '''./configure''' scripts from
> locations other, than source tree.
> It is very convinient to run builds for various
> architectures/configurations against one actual source.
>
> usage example:
> $ cd /tmp
> $ git clone path-to-mc
> $ chmod -R u-w mc/ # freeze sources (just for tests)
>
> ----
>
> branch:208_out_of_tree_build (based on mc-4.6)
> changeset:e3a3890a3a82500bf3e6b61d28a00f3a5e229f66
>

>
> # let's craft 'mc-build'
> #                    (and mc-build-{arm, '''x86_64''', i386, ppc,
> mingw32}-{slang, '''charset''', glib{1,2}} in real world)
> # and build sources there:
>
> $ mkdir mc-build
> $ cd mc-build
> $ ../mc/autogen.sh
> $ ./configure --prefix=/tmp/mc-test/
> $ make
> $ make install
>
> or at least to generate '''./configure''' in '''/tmp/mc''' tree, but to
> be able t run it from other locations to have source tree untouched

New description:

 I'd like to run '''./autogen.sh and'''(unsupported by autostuff?) and
 '''./configure''' scripts from locations other, than source tree.
 It is very convinient to run builds for various
 architectures/configurations against one actual source.

 usage example:
 $ cd /tmp
 $ git clone path-to-mc
 $ ./autogen.sh
 $ chmod -R u-w mc/ # freeze sources (just for tests)

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 branch:208_out_of_tree_build (based on mc-4.6)
 changeset:e3a3890a3a82500bf3e6b61d28a00f3a5e229f66



 # let's craft 'mc-build'
 #                    (and mc-build-{arm, '''x86_64''', i386, ppc,
 mingw32}-{slang, '''charset''', glib{1,2}} in real world)
 # and build sources there:

 $ mkdir mc-build
 $ cd mc-build
 $ ./configure --prefix=/tmp/mc-test/
 $ make
 $ make install

 or at least to generate '''./configure''' in '''/tmp/mc''' tree, but to be
 able t run it from other locations to have source tree untouched

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Ticket URL: <www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/208#comment:2>
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