At Sun, 7 Dec 2025 14:57:23 +0300, Andrew Randrianasulu <randrianasulu%gmail.com@localhost> wrote: Subject: Re: Distributed bulk builds really need passwordless SSH ? > > Random blog post about autoconf caching: > https://jmmv.dev/2022/06/autoconf-caching.html > > using autoswc > > ==== > Unfortunately, as good as this may seem, autoswcʼs results arenʼt > impressive. The main problem is that itʼs on you (the administrator) to > curate the list of checks to cache. This is a very difficult task as it > requires looking at what configure scripts are doing throughout a bulk > build and determining which checks are safe to cache and which arenʼt, and > ainʼt nobody have time for that. > > ===== I have and do use autoswc with good success on both NetBSD and macos, though I only build a small fraction of the total of pkgsrc. I even have a far more extensive configure.ac for it that "works for me". :-) -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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