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doesn't build outside of source tree

           Summary: doesn't build outside of source tree
           Product: XalanC
           Version: 1.2.x
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: XalanC
        AssignedTo: xalan-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: matt_g_@hotmail.com


It's fairly standard practice to build an autoconf-based package
outside of its source tree (which is useful, if you like to keep the untarred
source tree lying around, in pristine condition, or if you're building for
multiple platforms and want to preserve the build for each) by running configure
from the build directory.  For example, if I have package foo untarred in
/usr/local/kits/foo/ and want to build it in /usr/local/builds/foo/, I'd run
/usr/local/kits/foo/configure from /usr/local/builds/foo/.  If that doesn't
work, there's actually an option for configure '--srcdir=DIR' that's supposed to
do the trick.

So, Xalan C should provide some mechanism for supporting builds from outside
the source directory (meaning that all paths in the makefiles must be in terms
of '$(SRCDIR)', and/or VPATH must include $(SRCDIR), and runConfigure should
check $0, to see where it lives, rather
than assuming this to be '.', so it can try to run configure from the right
place).