Re: builddir != srcdir in jhbuild breaks my workflow

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org>]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 07:05:49PM +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> > To compile only what I need:
> > <inside git repo, in my 'build' terminal tab>
> > $ jhbuild shell
> > [jhbuild] $ cd src/
> > [jhbuild] $ make
> >
> > To re-build only a certain *.c file, to see if there are any warnings:
> > [jhbuild] $ touch file.c
> > [jhbuild] $ make
>
> If you use:
>
>   jhbuild make
>
> instead of entering inside a shell, jhbuild would pick up the changes
> and build in the build directory.

No, jhbuild make:
- is longer to type (I need to type jhbuild shell only once);
- compiles the whole module, and installs it (I prefer to run make
  install separately, only when needed).

Btw I've filed a bug (with patches) for updating the buildroot docs:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770691

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Sébastien