From: geoffr2 AT aol DOT com (Geoff Robinson)
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Subject: Re: How Can Makefiles Handle Source File in Extraneous Directories?
Date: 14 Aug 2003 15:14:27 -0700
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in message news:<bhggdh$g3i$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE>...
> Geoff Robinson <geoffr2 AT aol DOT com> wrote:
> > I can't get this thing to work.  Do you know of any Windows-based
> > examples I could look at?  
> 
> No.  The main reason for that being that your way of spreading source
> files all over the place is rather unusual, to put it mildly.
> 

It is unusual.  Let me explain why.  I've been building a graphical
tool which is based on a legacy C++ library.  Our tool is written in
Java.  For various reasons, we are not rewriting the C++ library.  The
Java tool creates C++ files to be linked with the legacy library and
other user-defined files.  The user has a project directory and a
common directory they use.  Compiling stuff from the project directory
no problem.  But a situation may arise where files from both of the
user's directories need to be compiled.

So yes, it is different.  I am hoping to avoid moving files over into
one directory and compiling from there.

There are other issues and files involved than just managing a C++
project.  The file structure revolves around these realities.

thanks,
Geoff