Re: ccache and distcc, take two

On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 01:07 +0200, Kinkie wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 00:03 +0200, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> > ons 2006-08-16 klockan 01:36 +0200 skrev Kinkie:
> > > Hi all,
> > > this is a second attempt at getting autoconf/automake to
> > understand
> > > our desire to get builds faster, and this attempt works for me.
> >
> > What I don't quite get is why we should need to have configure look
> > for
> > ccache? It's trivial to do this outside configure, and many
> > installations of ccache already sets up the system in such manner that
> > ccache is used by default without the need to do anything.
>
> Not all do, and the main reason to me is convenience (admittedly, it
> should be on by default to get the maximum gain).

I really dont care either way about having the right voodoo in the
configure script or not...

If we have a test for it, it should be off by default, using space in ~
when the user does not expect it is evil at best.

Rob

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