On Thursday 30 November 2006 16:43, Dave Jones wrote: >On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:32:44PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > >yum install ccache should dtrt. > > > > Mmm, reading the manpage isn't very concise about how to use it. I > > don't have a (G)CC env var set, but it looks like that method could > > be used (something like "CC=ccache; export CC" maybe) , so I have to > > ask can it, so my scripts, which do all this with a "make bzImage" or > > "make modules" commands apparently wouldn't need any changes? > >after installing it, 'which cc' should point to ccache automatically >rather than gcc, so you shouldn't have to do anything different than >your usual build process. After building once, ccache -s should >show some stats for the stuff in cache. A subsequent make should >result in the 'cache hit' number being higher. > > Dave I hate to be dense, but thats not what the yum install ccache seems to have done: [root@coyote linux-2.6.19]# ls -l `which cc` lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Nov 9 08:33 /usr/bin/cc -> gcc [root@coyote linux-2.6.19]# which gcc /usr/bin/gcc [root@coyote linux-2.6.19]# ls -l `which gcc` -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 197448 Oct 11 09:49 /usr/bin/gcc I don't see any ccache mentions. :( So I follow the manpage case 2 procedure I guess? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list