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Date:      Sat, 4 Aug 2012 17:38:44 -0700
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT] [bsd.port.mk] ports ccache build support
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgm2vpaAvUup=TOa0ap6hfffDu9bARugs73RX%2BUMyx6wHA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120804232102.201cde8e@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 4 August 2012 15:21, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:42:39 -0500
> Bryan Drewery wrote:

>> > Having a default ccache directory in the makefile that's different
>> > from the default documented in the ccache man page seems needlessly
>> > confusing to me.

+1 for /var/cache

> And since large root file-systems seem to be increasingly
> popular, /root/.ccache may seem reasonable, and people may run cache -M
> on that.

remember that its possible to build as a non-root user, but install as
root, or similar.  Using $HOME for any aspect of the build isn't a
good idea.


-- 
Eitan Adler



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