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Re: config.cache question


...and in cygwin boxes when you forget to remove the anti virus :)

By the way, thanks for you and Ben Elliston for the answers.

CJ


"Nix" <nix@esperi.org.uk> a écrit dans le message de
877j93kalp.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix">news:877j93kalp.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix...
> On 13 Jan 2006, Ben Elliston uttered the following:
> >> I apologize if this question has already been answered but I would
> >> like to know if there is a way to reuse the same config.cache file
> >> for all the builds of all the subdirectories of a bootstrap ?
> >
> > It should be possible, but the configure scripts do not update the
> > config.cache file in a concurrency-safe fashion, so this would make
> > parallel building impossible--something which is no doubt a bigger
> > win.
>
> Also, configure may give different answers when rerun on some
> subdirectories with different compilers (particularly when multilibbing,
> or for directories like libiberty which are configured both with the
> bootstrap compiler and with others).
>
> configure runs never take long compared to everything else building
> GCC involves, anyway (well, except on Solaris boxes when you forget to
> set SHELL appropriately!)
>
> -- 
> `I must caution that dipping fingers into molten lead
>  presents several serious dangers.' --- Jearl Walker
>




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