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Re: Caching compiler features?
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David A. Wheeler |
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Re: Caching compiler features? |
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Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:44:59 -0500 |
On January 19, 2019 4:44:59 PM EST, Andrew Pennebaker <address@hidden> wrote:
>I wonder if we could speed up builds by remembering the compiler
>features
>that autoconf checks.
It is certainly possible to cache the results. The challenge is in ensuring
that the test is exactly the same. For example, different values of environment
variables or flags can change test results.
--- David A.Wheeler