Bug 60062

Summary: Installation of a debug version of a project
Product: [Applications] kdevelop Reporter: Sphere <sphere1952>
Component: Build tools: AutomakeAssignee: KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: git master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Sphere 2003-06-19 14:48:20 UTC 
Version:           CVS (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:          Linux

After Installing a new test project because I could not run it otherwise I
determined where doing the install put the files.  I found that the installation
put files outside the directory tree of the project -- and in fact really
installed them.

This is unacceptable behavior.  I would have to recommend against using
kdevelop in any sort of production development environment, and would
have to actually forbid its' installation in any non-development production
environment.  There is no way a development system should put files outside
the area where it is being developed without first having a serious conversation
with the programmer about whether that is what the programmer really wants
to do.  I would fire a programmer who spread their untested code about
in this way.
Comment 1 Sphere 2003-06-19 23:16:31 UTC 
Well.  I haven't tested Maksim's suggestion yet, but
assuming it works from within gideon making the default
configuration append the project directory to KDEDIRS
and using --prefix=<project directory> would solve
my problem.  (But only if gideon sets it up this way
for the programmer.  Encouraging the programmer to
spread their work all over the system is very bad.)