In message <20020630221237.A2110@hollebeek.com>, Tim Hollebeek writes:
>> * To avoid a lot of subtle problems, configure uses absolute pathnames
>> for most directories which it puts into the Makefile. This means you
>> can no longer 'configure', relocate srcdir or builddir, and then 'make'.
>> I doubt that this is important.
I do this regularly -- especially on machines where configure is slow
(hpux, aix, solaris).
I believe that both BFD and READLINE (in src) are currently broken in
this regard (DJE reported problems). There was a somewhat underwelming
response (see binutils) when it was suggested that developers should be
responsible for ensuring that this obscure functionality continues to work.