Allow one to run the configure script from a different directory and put all

build files in there. I need this to properly make Debian package variants
(i.e. libpurple and native).

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e0cf6f18..54156a61 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -123,6 +123,28 @@ LFLAGS=
 EFLAGS=
 EOF
 
+srcdir="$(dirname $0)"
+if [ "$srcdir" != "." ]; then
+	echo
+	echo "configure script run from a different directory. Will create some symlinks..."
+	if [ ! -e Makefile -o -L Makefile ]; then
+		mkdir -p $(cd "$srcdir"; find . -type d)
+		find . -name Makefile -type l -print0 | xargs -0 rm 2> /dev/null
+		dst="$PWD"
+		cd "$srcdir"
+		for i in $(find . -name Makefile); do
+			ln -s "$PWD${i#.}" "$dst/$i";
+		done
+		cd "$dst"
+		rm -rf .bzr
+	fi
+	
+	echo "SRCDIR=$srcdir/" >> Makefile.settings
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I${dst}"
+else
+	srcdir=$PWD
+fi
+
 cat<<EOF>config.h
 /* BitlBee settings, generated by configure
    
@@ -160,7 +182,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo CFLAGS=$CFLAGS >> Makefile.settings
-echo CFLAGS+=-I`pwd` -I`pwd`/lib -I`pwd`/protocols -I. >> Makefile.settings
+echo CFLAGS+=-I${srcdir} -I${srcdir}/lib -I${srcdir}/protocols -I. >> Makefile.settings
 
 echo CFLAGS+=-DHAVE_CONFIG_H >> Makefile.settings