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On Sun, 9 May 2010 18:28:31 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > I have removed ccache from all my systems, the minutes of computer |
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> > time it saved were not worth the hours of my time it consumed when it |
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> > broke things. |
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> Ditto for setting MAKEOPTS to -j1. Every once in a while, somebody |
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> runs into a problem that is solved by it. I finally decided to let the |
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> builds take a little bit longer, in exchange for saving me problems with |
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> "unreproducable errors". This setting does not affect the final binary; |
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> just how long it takes to build. |
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I can't recall the last time I needed to use MAKEOPTS=-j1, but if you do |
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set it you can get back the time you lose by using the --jobs option with |
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emerge. That way you get parallel compilation, but of separate packages. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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