[vlc-devel] [PATCH] configure: don't put the CONFIGURE_LINE in config.h

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2020-01-29 9:20, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Adding one word in the CC and CXX definition to solve all instances of 

And doubling (or more?) the size of storage needed by each compilation 
(I have tons of them already).
Even worse when I'm compiling on the Raspberry Pi.

> preprocessor induced rebuilds, versus adding several lines of buggy 
> kludge in the build system to solve one very specific and essentially 

The second version is very simple autoconf/autotools stuff.

> never happening instance.

The fact that *you* never have this problem doesn't mean noone has this 
problem. How do you think I ended up trying to find a solution ?

> Pretty obvious that ccache is simpler by any reasonable understanding of 
> simplicity.

The solution I propose requires no installation, learning, messing with 
build scripts. It's obviously simpler.

> Le 29 janvier 2020 09:15:59 GMT+02:00, Steve Lhomme <robux4 at ycbcr.xyz> a 
> écrit :
> 
>     On 2020-01-28 18:53, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> 
>         Le tiistaina 28. tammikuuta 2020, 16.46.17 EET Steve Lhomme a
>         écrit :
> 
>             If the configure call changed but the built files are the
>             same and the rest
>             of the config.h file has not changed, no need to rebuild
>             everything.
> 
>         ccache is a much simpler and more systematic solution to the
>         entire class of
>         problems that this belongs in...
> 
> 
>     I do not think ccache is simpler at all.
>     Adding another tool on top of everything we use is adding way more
>     complexity than this simple patch.
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