Re: [Compilercache-general] ccache - a C based compiler cache

[<Ulf...@t-...>]

I got my hands on ccache-1.1 some 24 or 30 hrs ago...

...when the webpage still told me of 1.0 only but 1.1 was downloadable...

On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 03:03:28AM -0800, Andrew Tridgell wrote:
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> > I built the ccache-1.1-*_i386.deb for woody and tested it.
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> Rusty Russell has already submitted ccache-1.2 for inclusion in
> Debian.

:-)

But I'll never get an experienced debianizer if I cannot find a small
project to start with... :-(

> Meanwhile, I've released ccache-1.3.
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Incredible speed of progress! Fine!

> > I made the binary and the links drop into /usr/lib/ccache,
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> > put /usr/lib/ccache into your PATH to be hit earlier than the compilers
> > it shall wrap...
> You can also use it as a prefix for your compiler. For example, set
> "CC=ccache gcc" in your Makefile. Or use:
> 	CC="ccache gcc" ./configure
> for autoconf packages.

I did read that in the manpage but being used to compilercache I started the
other way round. What are the disadvantages of the symlink method?

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