https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118223
Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
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--- Comment #4 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #3)
> >With large projects, taking long amounts of time to build, this is
> >objectionable.
>
>
> I don't see this as a big issue. Note I originally misunderstood the issue
> you were talking about. You are saying if you delete a header file that was
> used originally and now you need to rebuild everything.
>
> Large projects have handled this always by just make clean and rebuild.
> Incremental builds should only be used for small developmental changes. You
> should always do a full rebuild just in case there is some stale changes
> left behind in a large project.
>
> GCC for an example always requires you do a full bootstrap to make sure
> nothing gets miscompiled. I am not seeing why this is a huge problem in
> general.
Because it takes a long time and wastes electricity.
