On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:09:24 -0500 "Jeremy Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've noticed that when I do makes, a lot of time is spent by the > system checking lots of stuff: > ... > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for gawk... gawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-strip... no > checking for strip... strip > checking for i586-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... gcc > ... > > It occurs to me that these things don't change very often on my > system, and that the answer to these checks could be cached, perhaps > associated with a hash or date of certain config files, such as > make.conf. Does this make any sense, or is it too unworkable and/or > risky? > I've always wondered about that myself. It's a lot of repetitive work for every install. -- Collins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
