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Re: [distcc] gcc bootstraps with distcc
On 11 Jul 2003, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 2003, "Zack Weinberg" <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you for the clear explanation. The conclusion I draw from it is
> > that we should turn this mode on when and only when it affects the
> > output of the compiler.
>
> I.e., whenever debugging is enabled. This will still defeat ccache,
> since the default value of CFLAGS chosen by autoconf when compiling
> with GCC is "-O2 -g", even if binaries are stripped at install time,
> like they most often are.
>
> The reason I'd rather not have this option on by default is that it
> would require changes for those who build their huge applications
> using a shared cache for ccache, with a benefit that, AFAICT, would be
> pretty much limited to GCC bootstraps.
Or rebuilds in the same directory, which is not a completely unlikely case.
But let me ask tridge (the ccache author) and see what he says. (He's
very slow to answer email :-/)
--
Martin