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| author | Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> | 2021-10-21 20:06:49 +0300 |
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| committer | Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> | 2021-10-24 16:59:20 +0300 |
| commit | edd716beb1c8d620f8b1edf547ea0eea119adf38 (patch) | |
| tree | 719be6d324f431b3c40e5eab8a2e58a659f9c05d /BUILDING.md | |
| parent | 40d890d31d6f7c61481566446a7a28d15e0eb4fc (diff) | |
doc: fix macOS environment variables for ccache
macOS requires `cc` and `c++` rather than `gcc` and `g++`.
Closes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/40542
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40550
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/40542
Reviewed-By: Geoffrey Booth <webadmin@geoffreybooth.com>
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index 94bdfaf60fc..88addb5a8bf 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -519,6 +519,8 @@ $ make test-only If you plan to frequently rebuild Node.js, especially if using several branches, installing `ccache` can help to greatly reduce build times. Set up with: +On GNU/Linux: + ```console $ sudo apt install ccache # for Debian/Ubuntu, included in most Linux distros $ ccache -o cache_dir=<tmp_dir> @@ -527,6 +529,16 @@ $ export CC="ccache gcc" # add to your .profile $ export CXX="ccache g++" # add to your .profile ``` +On macOS: + +```console +$ brew install ccache # see https://brew.sh +$ ccache -o cache_dir=<tmp_dir> +$ ccache -o max_size=5.0G +$ export CC="ccache cc" # add to ~/.zshrc or other shell config file +$ export CXX="ccache c++" # add to ~/.zshrc or other shell config file +``` + This will allow for near-instantaneous rebuilds even when switching branches. When modifying only the JS layer in `lib`, it is possible to externally load it |