On 10/15/2012 03:26 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: > Unfortunately, if "something" changes, the effect is, that _all_ sources in > the relevant > directory are recompiled. (I expected the recompilation of x.cpp only). > > This may depend on the build system. In my case "Unix makefiles". The reason > is > > that each object file created for this directory depends on "flags.make", > which changes accordingly. > > If one has hundreds of files in the source dir, this is less welcome.
This is a known limitation of the Makefile generator. We cannot use a per-object flags.make file because some filesystems are EXTREMELY slow at using lots of tiny files. There may be an issue tracker entry asking for this to be solved, but I don't think it ever will be. -Brad -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
