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

[Kurt Pfeifle]

On Wednesday 29 March 2006 18:41, Matt Rogers wrote:
> 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

No.

If you look at what I wrote, that *IS* what I'm doing.    :-)
(And I never did any different since the last 3 years.)

My "cmake path_to_kdelibs" uses a relative path though -- could that 
be an issue?

> --
> Matt

Cheers,
Kurt