"Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Also, since they are (or should be) architecture-independent, what's the
> point? Out-of-tree builds are intended to support building for multiple
> architectures in parallel; but there's no reason to force independent
> reconstructions of these common derived files.
That's not the only reason for out-of-tree builds. Packagers often find it
easier to build out-of-tree since it means they can generate a clean diff
against the original source.
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