Adds BUILD make variable for debug/release builds

[sq7lrx]

Introduces a BUILD make parameter to allow for building both debug and release variants from the same Makefile. This also makes the Makefile-defined preprocessor macros more in line with those from Visual Studio build.

Minor changes:

• allows for overwriting LOGDIR, CONFDIR, BINDIR and DATADIR from command line (make parameter)
• converts BUILD.txt to Markdown for better visibility on Github
• improves Linux build instructions in BUILD.md

[sq7lrx]

if you don't like Markdown, I can take it back. The preview is at https://github.com/sq7lrx/ircDDBGateway/blob/debug-switcher/BUILD.md

[dg0tm]

Hi Adam,

what do you think about to add DESTDIR also?

73 de DG0TM

[sq7lrx]

what do you think about to add DESTDIR also?

Good idea. On my way

[sq7lrx]

@g4klx since we are at build tools, what do you think about switching it to CMake? It's modern, elegant, available in all linux distributions, MacOS and Windows. And, what's most important, can help with cross-compiling to different devices a lot. Same receipt can be used for both desktop PCs and embedded devices (RPi, OpenWRT, other SBC). Would you accept such pull request?

[g4klx]

I don’t find CMake elegant at all. So please stay with Makefiles or vcxproj files depending on the platform.

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@g4klx since we are at build tools, what do you think about switching it to CMake? It's modern, elegant, available in all linux distributions, MacOS and Windows. And, what's most important, can help with cross-compiling to different devices a lot. Same receipt can be used for both desktop PCs and embedded devices (RPi, OpenWRT, other SBC). Would you accept such pull request?

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[sq7lrx]

@dg0tm DESTDIR added in PR #53