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diff --git a/docs/ccache-support.txt b/docs/ccache-support.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3dfdd1fa2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/ccache-support.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: + +[[ccache]] +Using +ccache+ in OpenADK +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +http://ccache.samba.org[ccache] is a compiler cache. It stores the +object files resulting from each compilation process, and is able to +skip future compilation of the same source file (with same compiler +and same arguments) by using the pre-existing object files. When doing +almost identical builds from scratch a number of times, it can nicely +speed up the build process. + ++ccache+ support is integrated in OpenADK. You just have to enable +Use ccache +to speedup recompilation+ in +Globale settings+. This will automatically build ++ccache+ and use it for every target compilation. + +The cache is located in +$HOME/.ccache+. It is stored outside of OpenADK +directory so that it can be shared by separate OpenADK builds. If you want to +get rid of the cache, simply remove this directory. |