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Using +ccache+ in Buildroot
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http://ccache.samba.org[ccache] is a compiler cache. It stores the
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object files resulting from each compilation process, and is able to
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skip future compilation of the same source file (with same compiler
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and same arguments) by using the pre-existing object files. When doing
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almost identical builds from scratch a number of times, it can nicely
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speed up the build process.
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+ccache+ support is integrated in Buildroot. You just have to enable
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+Enable compiler cache+ in +Build options+. This will automatically
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build +ccache+ and use it for every host and target compilation.
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The cache is located in +$HOME/.buildroot-ccache+. It is stored
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outside of Buildroot output directory so that it can be shared by
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separate Buildroot builds. If you want to get rid of the cache, simply
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remove this directory.
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You can get statistics on the cache (its size, number of hits,
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misses, etc.) by running +make ccache-stats+.
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