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

[Kurt Pfeifle]

On Wednesday 29 March 2006 18:44, 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
> 
> and after reading this mail again, i was completely off. is there a
> source tree in your ~/KDE/build/kdelibs folder? 

No. Unless it hides itself very well.

> Perhaps you need to just 
> "rm -rf *" in your ~/KDE/build/kdelibs folder and try again. I'm not
> really sure what the problem is.

I had nuked srcdir as well as builddir and re-created both
(that's why I called them both "virgin").

> Sorry for the previous mail with completely wrong info.

Heh. It happens :-)  Thanks for caring at all.

Cheers,
Kurt