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List:       mingw-users
Subject:    Re: [Mingw-users] Makefile question
From:       Greg Chicares <gchicares () sbcglobal ! net>
Date:       2011-02-24 22:01:47
Message-ID: 4D66D54B.2030105 () sbcglobal ! net
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On 2011-02-24 20:36Z, Alessandro Antonello wrote:
[...]
> root/
> +-> Makefile
> +-> source/
> +-> bin/
> 
> *root* is the root directory of the project structure. Source files are in
> *source* directory and the object and binary files should be written in the
> *bin* directory. The *makefile* will be invoked in the *root* directory.
> My problem is exatly here. I don't know how to build a Makefile that looks for
> the source files in the *source* directory and write the binary files in the
> *bin* directory.

The easiest way IMO is to build in the bin/ directory, and use
VPATH or vpath to find the source in the source/ directory.
See this page:
  http://mad-scientist.net/make/rules.html#rule3
and the white papers on that site (the author is the gnu 'make'
maintainer).

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