On 8/4/2012 7:38 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 4 August 2012 15:21, RW <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:42:39 -0500 >> Bryan Drewery wrote: > >>>> Having a default ccache directory in the makefile that's different >>>> from the default documented in the ccache man page seems needlessly >>>> confusing to me. > > +1 for /var/cache > >> And since large root file-systems seem to be increasingly >> popular, /root/.ccache may seem reasonable, and people may run cache -M >> on that. > > remember that its possible to build as a non-root user, but install as > root, or similar. Using $HOME for any aspect of the build isn't a > good idea. > >
I can see both arguments here. non-root building suggests $HOME/.ccache. This has the benefit of having ccache(1) "just work" when configuring. A downside of possibly duplicating the cache for some users. pkgng is storing cache files in /var/cache/pkg. This is not listed in hier(7) yet, but probably should be added. Given that, /var/cache/ccache makes sense as well. I still am concerned that adding a default 1gb sized cache into /var is not a good idea. Another downside is having to define CCACHE_DIR to run ccache(1) I actually had used /var/cache in my initial patch, but changed to /usr/obj since /var can be so small. On my own systems I have a mess of symlinks to fix my own indecision on the matter. /root/.ccache -> /var/cache/ccache -> /usr/ccache I'm starting to lean towards sticking to the default of $HOME/.ccache as well as it may be more "safe" and less confusing to use with ccache(1). The user can always override. -- Regards, Bryan Drewery bdrewery@freenode/EFNet _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
