Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:02:55 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Brandon Falk <bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pre-make and Post-make scripts Message-ID: <CAGH67wS4_k7LSAhTiGngfdQ5U-1c4zXOThePFKsAmRJ4UiKi2A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGSJxJ4nBQeUvFfc9jNFpQEXY9OeHPvExLLEqUHkuqv2iPtkvQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGSJxJ4nBQeUvFfc9jNFpQEXY9OeHPvExLLEqUHkuqv2iPtkvQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Brandon Falk <bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk> wrote:
> I'm curious as to how the best way of having a script run before and after
> make would be done. Would this require modification of the FreeBSD make
> template, or is this functionality already built in?
>
> The goal of this is to set up a script that prior to a build sends up a
> filesystem in ram (tmpfs) for the build to occur in, and afterwards saves
> the filesystem from ram onto the actual disk for backup/archiving. We all
> know that our poor disks could use a little break from the strain of build
> processes.
Or just mount MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX (defaults to /usr/obj) in a swap
backed disk / tmpfs?
Cheers,
-Garrett
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