Re: [Boost-users] Use of ccache with Boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Use of ccache with Boost
From: Roland Bock (rbock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-29 11:05:21

Dalton, Tom wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Boost on Linux however for various reasons I need to rebuild 
> parts of it occasionally. For other C/C++-based tools that are built 
> with autoconf/automake, I've started to use ccache 
> (_http://ccache.samba.org/_) to speed up recompilation. This is done 
> simply by setting the CC / CXX environment variables to "ccache gcc" / 
> "ccache g++" respectively. I have had a look through the Jam 
> documentation but I can't see an easy way to achieve the same thing when 
> building the Boost distribution. The closest I came was a bit on the 
> trac that simply said I can add a new toolset, but had no real 
> instructions as to how.
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 
> Tom Dalton

An alternative to setting the environment variable is to use symbolic 
links. E.g. in my /usr/local/bin folder, I have

c++ -> /usr/bin/ccache
g++ -> /usr/bin/ccache
gcc -> /usr/bin/ccache

Regards,

Roland