> On 2020-12-11-F, at 13:57, Clemens Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 01:20:02PM -0500, Christopher Nielsen wrote: >> >> I did some quick digging through the MacPorts TCL files, and didn’t see >> support for such an override. >> >> My current solution — workable, though not ideal — is to update ‘ccache_dir’ >> in ~/.macports/macports.conf. That’s easily doable via a ‘port’ wrapper >> script. >> >> But assuming I didn’t miss anything, would folks be open to having the >> ability to specify ‘ccache_dir’ from the port command-line? If so, I’ll >> contribute the changes. > > What about this suggestion: Turn the current ccache_dir option into a format > string input, and %s will be replaced with the name of the port you're > building. No change for everybody that leaves this setting at its default, > likely no change for everybody who did change that setting, because it's > unlikely that anybody did use percent signs, and your preferred outcome for > you without the need to specify the directory on the command line.
This is my initial proposal, pending further review and discussion. Simple and low-risk, without having to resort to any workarounds: https://github.com/mascguy/macports-base/commit/c33b753dd1184f41a9b03b7e733f495e1bc883a1 <https://github.com/mascguy/macports-base/commit/c33b753dd1184f41a9b03b7e733f495e1bc883a1>
