Re: --enable-depend by default (was Re: Patch: fix lock contention for HASHHDR.mutex) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: --enable-depend by default (was Re: Patch: fix lock contention for HASHHDR.mutex)
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Msg-id 13401.1451492011@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: --enable-depend by default (was Re: Patch: fix lock contention for HASHHDR.mutex)  (Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>)
Responses Re: --enable-depend by default (was Re: Patch: fix lock contention for HASHHDR.mutex)  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu> writes:
> Alternately the buildfarm could be changed to retain earlier builds and use
> dependencies to reduce build times. This would have the benefit of
> detecting dependency failures. At the expense of a lot more noise, at least
> until we Orrin out whatever dependency failures are there now.

The buildfarm already made its choice in this area, and that's ccache.
Layering --enable-depend on top of builds that are using ccache is
simply a waste.

(Admittedly, ccache is gcc-specific, but TTBOTMK so is --enable-depend.)
        regards, tom lane



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