Re: [anjuta-devel] Another question - on configure files

[Sébastien Granjoux <seb sfo free fr>]

Hi John,


Le 11/11/2011 16:48, John Coppens a écrit :
> In one or two projects, each time I run 'configure' (through the build
> menuitem), I get the message:
> "Before using this configuration, the default one needs to be removed.
> Do you want to do that?"
>
> Even if I answer 'Yes', the next project configuration change the same
> dialog pops up. Where is the logic in this? Anjuta already changed the
> configure file once before. Why does it needs to confirm each time?
> And what causes this dialog to appear in the first place?

Un autotools project can be built in the source directory or in a 
separate build directory. This can be selected in the configuration 
dialog, the default configuration uses the source directory, while all 
other configurations uses a different build directory.

But if the project has already been built in the source directory, it 
cannot be built in another build directory. So you need to remove all 
objects files in the source directory. Anjuta does it automatically but 
ask a confirmation to do it.

Then, I don't know why you get this question every time. Perhaps the 
cleaning of the source directory are left some files behind and Anjuta 
considers that the source directory is not clean. Or you switch between 
the Default and another configuration


Regards,

Sébastien