Re: [PATCH v5 for-5.0] configure: warn if not using a separate build directory

[Peter Maydell]

On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 at 16:33, Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Running configure directly from the source directory is a build
> configuration that will go away in future. It is also not currently
> covered by any automated testing. Display a deprecation warning if
> the user attempts to use an in-srcdir build setup, so that they are
> aware that they're building QEMU in an undesirable manner.
>
> Reviewed-by: Aleksandar Markovic <address@hidden>
> Tested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden>
> ---

Given where we are in the release cycle, I think this isn't
going to go in for 5.0; and it's not really that urgent now
we've decided we don't want to actually deprecate in-tree builds.
I've removed the text I put into the changelog about this earlier.

thanks
-- PMM