Take a look at job pools which are implemented in ninja. You should be able to setup 2 pools and put the expensive target in one pool and the rest in the other, which should give you the desired behavior.
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_gbl/JOB_POOLS.html https://ninja-build.org/manual.html#ref_pool hth... don On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Michael Jackson < [email protected]> wrote: > My current project builds a bunch (30) different plugins that do NOT > depend on each other. One of those plugins has about 200 files of highly > templated C++ code to build which takes a while to compile and link. > Meanwhile the other plugins only have about 20-40 files of > "run-of-the-mill" c++ codes which all compile in a reasonably fast time. Is > there a way to give a hint to CMake or the build system (Ninja or Visual > Studio) to start the build of that target before the others? I know about > the set target dependencies which in a way would solve the problem but I > would hate to use that since there isn't an actual dependency and it really > wouldn't work anyways. The link time for this large plugin is on the order > of minutes on a FAST machine (Core i7 8700k overclocked). > > Are the targets treated in lexographical order perhaps if there are no > dependencies? I would definintely consider renaming the plugin if that > meant it would kick off earlier. > > Any suggestions would be great. > > -- > Michael Jackson | Owner, President > BlueQuartz Software > [e] [email protected] > [w] www.bluequartz.net > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ > opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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