ccache/NEWS
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Changes since ccache 2.4
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New features and improvements:
- Implemented a mode called "direct mode" where ccache computes a hash of the
source code and compiler arguments without running the preprocessor. By not
running the preprocessor, CPU usage is reduced; the runtime is about
0.2-1.0 times that of ccache running in traditional mode. The relative
speedup will be higher when I/O is fast (e.g., when files are in the disk
cache). The direct mode can be disabled by setting CCACHE_NODIRECT.
- When hashing the output from the preprocessor, absolute paths for which the
path specified by CCACHE_BASEDIR is a prefix are rewritten to relative.
Paths specified by -I and similar flags get the same treatment. This is
done to get cache hits even when compiling with -g and when using absolute
include directory paths. Absolute paths in the standard error text will
also be more accurate. CCACHE_BASEDIR defaults to the current working
directory.
- Object files are now by default stored compressed in the cache. The runtime
cost is negligible, and more files will fit in the ccache directory and in
the disk cache. CCACHE_NOCOMPRESS can be set to disable object file
compression.
- Added CCACHE_NOHASH_SIZE_MTIME option that tells ccache not to hash the
real compiler's size and modification time.
- Added CCACHE_HASH_COMPILER option that tells ccache to hash binary of the
compiler instead of hashing just its size and modification time.
- Temporary files are now created in the directory they will end up in. This
makes ccache more friendly to Linux's directory layout.
- Added support for long command-line options.
- A CACHEDIR.TAG file is now created in the cache directory. See
<http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/>.
- Improved logging.
- By default, ccache now puts temporary files in CCACHE_DIR/tmp to avoid
cluttering the top directory.
- Improved the test suite and added tests for most of the new functionality.
It's now also possible to specify a subset of tests to run.
- Standard error output from the compiler is now only stored in the cache if
it's non-empty.
- Added installcheck and distcheck make targets.
- Clarified cache size limit options' semantics
Bug fixes:
- Fixed build on FreeBSD.
- Improved detection of home directory.
- User-defined CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS is now respected in the Makefile.
- Fixed NFS issues.
- Bail out on profiling flags --coverage, -fprofile-arcs and -ftest-coverage.
- -MD/-MMD flags without -MT/-MF are now handled correctly.
- Added support for -Wp,-MD and -Wp,-MMD flags.
- Corrected LRU cleanup handling of object files.
- utimes() is now used instead of utime() when available.
- Non-writable cache directories are now handled gracefully.
- Corrected documentation about sharing the cache directory.
- Fixed compilation warnings from GCC 4.3.
- The command specified by CCACHE_PREFIX is no longer part of the hash.
- Fixed bad memory access spotted by Valgrind.
- Removed deprecated constructions from ccache.yo.
Compatibility notes:
- The statistics counters "files in cache" and "cache size" now only include
object files (previously, files containing cached standard error output
were counted as well). Consequently, the "max file" and "max cache size"
settings now specify thresholds for object files count and size.