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On Saturday 03 May 2008, David Relson wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2 May 2008 07:10:02 -0400 |
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> David Relson wrote: |
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> ...[snip]... |
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> > As part of identifying the capabilities and files of your |
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> > operating system (distro) ./configure creates a lot of small |
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> > programs and compiles them. I can see how caching compilation |
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> > info would help with this. |
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> I ran a quick test with ccache and ./configure. Using bogofilter's |
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> configure script (because it was available): |
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> before installing ccache: |
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> 3 runs of ./configure averaged 6.07s |
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> ... installed ccache ... |
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> next run took 6.5 sec (slower than before) |
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> next 3 runs averaged 4.96s (18.4% better than before) |
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All your configure runs were for the same package, right? |
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> conclusion: ccache _does_ help ./configure |
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It does not for different packages, AFAIK. And that was the question |
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of the OP. |
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Uwe |
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Ignorance killed the cat, sir, curiosity was framed! |
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