matt...@freebsd.org <matt...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 23/06/2020 12:08, Michael Grimm wrote:

>> Hmm, but that information doesn't help me regarding my question above:
>> Where does poudriere store .meta files during compilations?
>> META_MODE doesn't make sense, IMHO, if this information isn't stored 
>> somewhere before being reused in subsequent compilations of a given port. Or 
>> am I mistaken?
> 
> META_MODE is a feature of building FreeBSD itself, not for building ports.  
> So, unless you're using the rather bleeding edge poudriere(1) work to be able 
> to build base system packages, poudriere is simply not going to be dealing 
> with .meta files.

Thanks, that's what I have "feared": I misunderstood the scope of bdrewery's 
commit regarding /etc/src-env.conf

> What you can do for poudriere is enable CCACHE -- as described in the 
> referenced article.  This makes quite a bit of difference to recompiling some 
> of the bigger ports like LLVM, but will have very little effect on the 
> majority of ports that only take a matter of a few seconds to compile.  Even 
> so, it's well worth doing overall.

My first reaction after anticipating increase in compilation times has been: 
activating CCACHE ;-) 
And thanks again, you clarified yet another "fear" of mine, namely, that it 
will only speed-up larger ports.

Thanks to all,
Michael

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