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Currently, Makefiles generated by the C++ project support contain absolute paths in many cases. One such case is when a library created in another project is referenced. Even when I specify the location of the other project in a relative way, this is still the case. Naturally, this creates problems when developing in teams -- hardcoding the path to my home-directory is not going to make my co-worker happy ;-) I recognize that the linker requires absolute paths in many cases (e.g. for rpaths) but would suggest a method to look up the required path at runtime, e.g. per NetBeans instance, similar to the way Java libraries are managed. For Java projects, the generated build file simply contains a variable that is then overridden in my local NetBeans configuration. In this regard, one cool way of approaching the problem might be through pkg-config support -- this would also enhance the value of the current project configuration by supporting external pkg-config files.