[Buildroot] ccache directory
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Sun Jul 24 12:49:42 UTC 2011
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot at gmail.com> writes:
Hi,
>> That's another possibility, but I find it quite confusing to have some
>> parameters set by environment variables, and some other by
>> configuration options.
Thomas> The disadvantage with this particular configuration variable, is that
Thomas> it requires a forced recompilation of host-ccache in order for changes
Thomas> to this variable to take effect.
Thomas> Another solution is to remove the hardcoded cache directory, use the
Thomas> CCACHE_DIR environment variable, but let buildroot set that variable
Thomas> based on BR2_CCACHE_DIR (a configuration option). This addresses
Thomas> Thomas' point regarding mixing environment variables and configuration
Thomas> options, and my request of being able to change the cache directory
Thomas> and making sure these changes are automatically in effect.
Thomas> What do you think?
Yes, something like:
# use BR setting if not set in environment
ifndef CCACHE_DIR
CCACHE_DIR:=$(call qstrip,BR2_CCACHE_DIR)
endif
export CCACHE_DIR
in the toplevel Makefile.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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