Re: Compiling large number of files

2004-10-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* v p wrote on Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 01:08:54AM CEST: > 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

Re: Compiling large number of files

2004-10-06 Thread Warren Young
v p wrote: I have a much faster build on windows and the windows project compiles a bunch of files at a time. Visual C++ is a much faster compiler than g++. automake and make do not enter into it.

Re: Compiling large number of files

2004-10-06 Thread v p
I have a much faster build on windows and the windows project compiles a bunch of files at a time. So, I thought that might be the reason. Looks like it is not. -VP On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:31:46 -0600, Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > v p wrote: > > Loading 'gcc' into memory for each file

Re: Compiling large number of files

2004-10-06 Thread Warren Young
v p wrote: Loading 'gcc' into memory for each file is a time consuming process Have you measured this, or are you speculating? If I could make generated makefile do this, my build process will be much faster. This is a limitation of make, not of the autotools.

Re: Compiling large number of files

2004-10-06 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, v p wrote: 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 t

Compiling large number of files

2004-10-06 Thread v p
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 ti

Re: Automake and libltdl

2004-10-06 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:19:25PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Why don't you just use path/to/configure CFLAGS=-ggdb3 ? * It needs to be documented. This is documented. It is described in the standard generic INSTALL file that Automake provides. I

Re: Automake and libltdl

2004-10-06 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:19:25PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Why don't you just use > path/to/configure CFLAGS=-ggdb3 > ? * It needs to be documented. * I've got a feeling it's going to reach less potential backtrace reporters / occasional bug fixers than --enable-debug (I personally

Re: Automake and libltdl

2004-10-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Thomas Degris wrote on Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 11:35:53PM CEST: > > I am using Automake (and autoconf) and libltdl in my package. I would > like to know what is the best way to add a --enable-debug option to my > configure.ac file to compile my package and the libltdl library with > -ggdb3 flag