Hi Guys, I have a question. I am using autotools to build my static library. The way I do it is, I have a Makefile.am as lib_LIBRARIES = libmylib.a libmylib_a_SOURCES = xyz.c abc.c etc.
The problem is the number of source files is huge (1659 files to be precise) and that's why it takes a lot of time to compile all this. When I run the generated makefile, I see 'gcc' being invoked for each of the source files. Loading 'gcc' into memory for each file is a time consuming process, and it is possible to compile more than one file at a time using gcc. If I could make generated makefile do this, my build process will be much faster. Is there any way to achieve this using Makefile.am and automake. Any inputs will be greatly appreciated. -Vishal Phirke
