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On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 01:30:40 +0100 |
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Fernand Albarracin <fernand8@×××××××.fr> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> How about simply using an environnement variable such as CC ? The user |
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> would set it in /etc/make.conf as he already does with CFLAGS and |
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> friends. But he would propably do the following instead : |
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> CC=tcc; CFLAGS=-g; emerge stuff |
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> CC would even allow to have multiple GCC version to choose from |
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> (right?). And the best from a maintainer point of view: no |
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> ebuild-specific work required. |
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In this case, the problem is that the user will have to be informed of |
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that _before_ doing the gobo compilation. As per ebuild rules, we are not |
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allowed to stop the build process and ask the user for input, so at best, |
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he'd see a notice scrolling by at high speed saying "this package would |
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take 2mins to compile if you have chosen tcc, but you haven't, too bad for |
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you". |
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I certainly agree with you that the CC=tcc is a nicer approach (perhaps |
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even the nicest approach of them all), but it requires the user to |
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actually _know_ he can benefit from using tcc on gobo beforehand. That's a |
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very steep requirement imho, given the fact that very few people have |
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heard of tcc, nobody's heard of gobo, and it's hardly commonplace to think |
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you can get a 30x improvement in compilation time just by switching |
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compilers :) |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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