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| author | Solène Rapenne <solene.rapenne@tweag.io> | 2022-09-23 11:21:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Solène Rapenne <solene.rapenne@tweag.io> | 2022-09-23 11:21:19 +0200 |
| commit | e04b38f789ff2fb3a93f4cf5783b23430e5d2797 (patch) | |
| tree | ff109e59796467ecb73898b05f9c2fccadb5fce0 /doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md | |
| parent | fbd0a6c6e2e87f6679fe5cabaddaa877cf3e5a90 (diff) | |
add ccacheStdenv
when using ccache, rebuild time has been measured
89% faster while not slowing the speed of cold builds
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md index 59ce5cac7..e97b40cdd 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $ nix develop ``` To get a shell with a different compilation environment (e.g. stdenv, -gccStdenv, clangStdenv, clang11Stdenv): +gccStdenv, clangStdenv, clang11Stdenv, ccacheStdenv): ```console $ nix-shell -A devShells.x86_64-linux.clang11StdenvPackages @@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ or if you have a flake-enabled nix: $ nix develop .#clang11StdenvPackages ``` +Note: you can use `ccacheStdenv` to drastically improve rebuild +time. By default, ccache keeps artifacts in `~/.cache/ccache/`. + To build Nix itself in this shell: ```console |