[Omake] output dir not the same as source dir

[Aleksey Nogin]

Sashan,

If we ever get around to writing an OMake FAQ, this would probably be
the first question. The short answer is that there is no good built-in
mechanism yet, but as it's probably one of the most commonly requested
features, it's definitely on our TODO list.

There are two possibilities that are far from perfect, but could be a
reasonable workaround:

- Live with output files in the source directories. If you've built a
release build and suddenly need a debug one, or vise versa, just go
ahead and rebuild. Note that since OMake considers the text of the
command used to build a file as the file's dependency, it will
automatically know which files need rebuilding when you switch from one
kind of build to another.

- Use the vmount feature. There are lots of potential problems with it,
but it might work for you.

Aleksey

On 03.11.2008 18:49, Sashan Govender wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Does omake support a built in way of generating the output files into
> a different directory from the source code files. By default the build
> output goes into the same directory as the source code files. This is
> a problem when I have  2 different build types, for example a debug or
> release build. I've written my own rules to get around this and they
> let me specify a output directory for intermediate files but was
> wondering if I was missing some built-in way for omake to do this.
>