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AaronBP

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Registered: 2012-08-06

Posts: 150

oosbuild - build autoconf packages out of source.

Well, not really. It actually just links all the files from the source directory and runs ./autogen.sh. However, it automates this process nicely, so you can do

mkdir build;cd build
osbuild .. -- --enable-options
make install

or however you prefer without polluting the source tree with a bunch of generated files. Basically the way cmake does things.

PKGBUILD here: https://aur4.archlinux.org/packages/oosbuild/
github here: https://github.com/BPaden/oosbuild

It's super simple, but so far it works. If it doesn't... well, patches welcome.

AaronBP

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Registered: 2012-08-06

Posts: 150

Re: oosbuild - build autoconf packages out of source.

Went ahead and added support for configure. If a project ships with the configure generated from autotools, it already supports out of source builds, but some people write their own.

AaronBP

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Registered: 2012-08-06

Posts: 150

Re: oosbuild - build autoconf packages out of source.

And handwritten makefiles. Forgot about that before, sorry.