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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-08-16 02:53:37 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-08-16 02:53:37 +0000
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Update.
1999-07-20 Geoff Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com> * math/libm-test.c: Tweak deltas for a clean run on ppc.
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@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ GNU Make, and possibly others. @xref{Tools for Compilation}, below.
@cindex configuring
@cindex compiling
-GNU Libc can be compiled in the source directory but we'd advise to
+GNU Libc can be compiled in the source directory but we strongly advise to
build in a separate build directory. For example, if you have unpacked
the glibc sources in @file{/src/gnu/glibc-2.1.0}, create a directory
-@file{/src/gnu/glibc-build} to put the object files in.
+@file{/src/gnu/glibc-build} to put the object files in. This allows to
+remove the whole build directory in case an error occurs which is the
+safest way to get a clean way and should always be done.
From your object directory, run the shell script @file{configure} found
at the top level of the source tree. In the scenario above, you'd type