Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 23:21:02 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] [bsd.port.mk] ports ccache build support Message-ID: <20120804232102.201cde8e@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <501D34DF.2070205@FreeBSD.org> References: <501C7572.3020707@FreeBSD.org> <20120804141607.55249f62@gumby.homeunix.com> <501D34DF.2070205@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:42:39 -0500 Bryan Drewery wrote: > > But if you've read the ccache documentation you probably already > > have that directory in PATH anyway. Does this patch provide a > > significant advantage? > > That requires needless customization. The purpose here is easy, safe > and native support. > > The included ccache-howto-freebsd.txt with devel/ccache is quite long > for something that is straight forward. I think that's an exaggeration. I'd say it's quite short and most of it is easily skipped over. > > 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. > > The default being $HOME/.ccache makes even less sense for port > building. No, but it has the merit of being documented as being the default in the first place one is likely to look. And since large root file-systems seem to be increasingly popular, /root/.ccache may seem reasonable, and people may run cache -M on that.
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