# Put the libaries and binaries that get built into directories at the
# top of the build tree rather than in hard-to-find leaf directories.
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
-set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
-set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+#
+# But only if this variables are not defined yet
+# (i.e. libevent is used via add_subdirectory())
+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+endif()
+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+ set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+endif()
+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+endif()
if (EVENT__ENABLE_VERBOSE_DEBUG)
add_definitions(-DUSE_DEBUG=1)