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Re: Time to update documentation regarding supported configurationstyles?
> We could silently to mkdir BUILD, cd BUILD, ../configure --magic args
> that generate a dummy Makefile in srcdir that does cd BUILD; make args
Removing one bit of complexity just to add another is stupid. If we
(well, the SC) decide to drop support for ./configure, let's just edit
./configure to reject that case and suggest the right one. That way
we avoid the complexity of contorting the build tree *and* avoid
surprising the user by doing a build somewhere other than where they
expected it.