Make::Cache
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This is the Make::Cache Package.

Copyright
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This package is Copyright 2003-2007 by Wilson Snyder wsnyder@wsnyder.org.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Perl Artistic License.

This code is provided with no warranty of any kind, and is used entirely at your own risk.

Summary
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Make::Cache provides packages and the objcache program to cache the results of compiler runs, so that later identical source code can be recompiled instantaneously.

Description
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Make::Cache provides packages and programs to support caching of Makefile targets, mostly the outputs of compiler runs.

The main interface is the objcache program.  By simply prepending

objcache --read --write

before any GCC compile lines in a makefile, you get instant recompilation of source files.

Objcache also allows for distributing parallel make jobs across multiple machines in a server farm.

Obtaining Distribution
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The latest version is available at http://www.perl.org/CPAN/

Supported Systems
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This version of Make::Cache has been built and tested on:

  * i386-linux

It should run on any system with Perl and GCC.  It may be easily modified to support other compilers.

Installation
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 1. cd to the directory containing this README notice.

 2. Type perl Makefile.PL to configure the package for your system.

 3. Type make to compile.

 4. Type make test to check the compilation.

 5. Type make install to install the programs and any data files and documentation.

 6. See the man objcache manpage for example usage in a Makefile.