Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:12:11 +0100
From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>
To: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca>
Cc: Steve Hodgson <steve@acidy.com>, Maxim.Sobolev@portaone.com, michael johnson <buhnux@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Using ccache for build{world, kernel}
Message-ID: <20051120101211.GA746@schweikhardt.net>
In-Reply-To: <200511190843.03660.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 08:42:57AM -0500, Nicolas Blais wrote:
...
# Okay, but is /usr/local/share/doc/ccache/ccache-howto-freebsd.txt still valid?
# Such as :
# To use ccache add the following to /etc/make.conf
#
# .if !defined(NOCCACHE)
# .if ${.CURDIR:M/usr/src*}
# CC=/usr/local/libexec/ccache/cc
# CXX=/usr/local/libexec/ccache/c++
IIUC, this works only if CCACHE_PATH is unset. That's hard to guarantee
from within a Makefile, hence I use a script for buildworlds.
# .else
# CC=cc
# CXX=c++
Probably nothing wrong with that (unless you expect ccache to be used
for non-/usr/src builds).
# .endif
# .else
# CC=/usr/bin/cc
# CXX=/usr/bin/c++
This does not look right because it ignores PATH. Someone may want
to use /usr/local/bin/cc in the NOCCACHE case. I'd also use CC=cc
CXX=C++ here. The author of these instructions may have a reason
for it, however, that I have not thought of.
# .endif
#
# I'm asking because I'm slightly confused (sorry) as some people tell me to not
# put the block in /etc/make.conf. If I don't put anything, my .ccache folder
# remains empty (therefore ccache not being used).
Do you use any symlinkery to point to your real /usr/src? What does
$ cd /usr/src; echo 'all: ; @echo ${.CURDIR}' | make -f -
print? It's "/share/HEAD/src" on my system. Another gotcha and reason
not to use the make.conf approach...
# Whatever the real usage of ccache, it should be mentionned in that file, or
# during 'make install' as a pkg-message.
I'm thinking of writing an article about the whole issue, but as I'm in
the process of moving I don't expect it to be finished this year. Ccache
is not trivial to get to DTRT in each and every conceivable case. So you
are entitled to your confusion :-)
Regards,
Jens
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