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diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL index c83b725d..ee62a906 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL +++ b/doc/INSTALL @@ -213,6 +213,28 @@ normal build (there's a question for that in the Configure program). See below. +SEPARATE BUILD TREE +------------------- + +While it's traditional to build a Unix package by adding object files +to the same tree with the source files, it's actually much cleaner to +keep your source tree exactly as you got it and put the built files in +a separate directory, called the build tree. + +To do this, just create an empty directory and run 'configure' in it, +then 'make': + + mkdir netpbmbuild + cd netpbmbuild + /usr/src/netpbm/configure + ... + make + +But if you plan to modify Netpbm source code, you'll probably find it +more convenient to build the traditional way, with a single tree for +source and build. + + MERGE BUILD ----------- |