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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2016-03-25 11:23:16 -0700
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2016-03-25 18:39:40 +0000
commit731c383f5f3948f97990345cef02258d29ad7108 (patch)
tree9c1fd1c0e9959fb1e049fca6d1198994289f5d8e /README.cmake
parentb48fc66cbc98fb0431a7b32c672b98c3d195ac95 (diff)
CMake: Add a note about CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION.
Note that CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION can noticeably affect the run time of MSBuild, which in turn affects try_compile, which we call many, many times. Change-Id: I041d00e647ab570ec14f7c78b1d1d6806ac31ce4 Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/14630 Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
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@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ Note 1:
-G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles"
-G "CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles"
+ # We call try_compile many times, particularly via ConfigureChecks.cmake.
+ # Setting a lightweight try_compile configuration can speed up cmake,
+ # particularly for MSBuild.
+ -DCMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION=Release
+
Note 2:
After running cmake, you can always run "make help" to see
a list of all possible make targets.