Re: debug builds with NO optimizations

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Harlan Stenn wrote:

> > If it sucks, it seems to be exceedingly minor suckage to me since you
> > can have as many build trees as you want using one source tree.
> > Sometimes it is easier to go with the flow.
>
> You have clearly not spent much time with large auto*-based build
> systems.
>
> I'm talking about software packages that, on hot machines, take 30-45
> minutes to do a "configure" run.

I assure you that I have spent quite a bit of time watching configure 
run.  So I take steps to ensure that configure runs faster.  One of 
these steps is to avoid recursive configures, eliminate unnecessary 
configure tests, and even avoid recursive makes. The other obvious 
step is to purchase faster computers.

The smart developer arranges his build environment so configure needs 
to be run as seldom as possible.

Bob
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