"Please create a separate build directory and run 'cmake path_to_kdelibs [options]' there."

[Matt Rogers]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 05:21:01PM +0000, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> today (after a week or so not trying to compile), I get this error:
> 
>   kdev4-[SCR]@horizon:~/KDE/build/kdelibs> cmake ../../kdelibs
>   kdelibs requires an out of source build. Please create a separate build \
>        directory and run 'cmake path_to_kdelibs [options]' there.
>   -- Configuring done
> 
> I wasn't able to follow the list for any changes, so please bear with me if
> I missed some obvious buildchange announcement.
> 
> But I'm definitely in (an even virgin) "out of source" build directory. The 
> source dir is also freshly checked out (into another virgin directory).
> 
> What could be causing this error? A mistake, where someone has erraneously
> committed generated cmake files into SVN? Or something I'm doing wrong on
> my part?
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt

kdelibs requires a srcdir != builddir configuration now. this means
you'll need to create a seperate directory to compile kdelibs in,
something like the following will work

cd /path/to/kdelibs
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
etc.

hope this helps
--
Matt