[Mesa-dev] Please test the automake-gallium branch

[Marcin Slusarz]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:02:26AM -0700, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Marcin Slusarz
> <marcin.slusarz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > With this branch, top level lib directory is not created, so it's impossible
> > to test mesa without installing it first.
> 
> Indeed. This has been planned for a while.

Never heard about it. Intentionally breaking useful features is not acceptable.

> Installation is part of the testing procedure, after all.

No. People test code, not build systems.

> Do DESTDIR=... make install to install to some temporary directory for testing.

Installing every time something changes in the code is a waste of time.

Marcin