Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH 2/2] ts-libvirt-build: Do an out-of-tree build

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.  Thanks for the information.

Jim Fehlig writes ("Re: [OSSTEST PATCH 2/2] ts-libvirt-build: Do an out-of-tree 
build"):
> I assumed libvirt's gradual move from autotools to meson would
> affect OSSTEST, but later rather than sooner. Sorry for not
> mentioning it earlier, but now you have been warned that libvirt is
> moving to meson :-). Meson has a strict separation between source
> and build directories and some preparatory patches were pushed that
> force srcdir != builddir
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-October/msg01681.html

I read this and some of it is a bit concerning.  Does all of this
  src: [stuff] generate source files into build directory
mean that previously only in-tree builds were supported and that
therefore there is no one set of build runes that will work both
before and after these changes ?

Ian.

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