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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Use of ccache with Boost
From: Dalton, Tom (tom.dalton_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-29 11:20:15

Daniel and Roland,

Thanks guys, that gives me some good avenues to explore.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
[mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Daniel James
Sent: 29 September 2009 16:07
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Use of ccache with Boost

2009/9/29 Dalton, Tom <tom.dalton_at_[hidden]>:
>
> 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.

Create a file called 'user-config.jam' in your home directory,
containing something like:

using gcc : : ccache g++ ;

Or possibly with the version number:

using gcc : 4.4 : ccache g++-4.4 ;

For more information see:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/bbv2/advanced.html#bbv2.ad
vanced.configuration

Daniel
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