[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] run only toplevel FFmpeg makefile

[Reimar Döffinger]

On 26 Jun 2011, at 22:52, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 08:40:07PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>> Concerning the subdir build: Considering how much the lack of it
>> interrupts my workflow and annoys me when I code stuff I think
>> I'd rather try to keep it around a while longer.
> 
> I know how hard it is to say this without sounding both arrogant and
> preachy, but you should change your workflow then.  Just invoke make
> from the top level or pass the name of the target you want to build
> as argument, e.g.
> 
>  make libavcodec/libavcodec.a
> 
> That should have about the same effect as a subdir build, but work
> correctly.

Getting to the top level is the part that annoys me most, particularly since tab completion is working anything but nice any more to get back.
However I've been considering to just add a "all: make -C .. libavsomething/libavsomething to the sub-Makefiles.