Compiling 10459 java files when 1 is all that is needed.

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 05/20/2013 01:26 PM, Phil Race wrote:
> Jon,
>
> That should make it faster but does it fix what seems like
> non-existent dependency analysis in the build ?
>
> -phil.
>
> On 5/20/2013 1:07 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>> On 05/20/2013 01:04 PM, Phil Race wrote:
>>> I am getting very frustrated trying to do some simple work
>>> on my Mac using JDK 8. I touch *one* .java source file and
>>> I have to wait > 4 minutes for the build system which goes
>>> off and compiles everything. I have an SSD and i7 chip
>>> so I don't want to imagine what it would be like on a slower
>>> system :
>>>
>>> ## Starting jdk
>>> Compiling 10459 files for BUILD_JDK
>>> ....
>>> ....
>>> ....
>>> ## Finished jdk (build time 00:04:07)
>>>
>>> Why is it doing this ?
>>>
>>> -phil.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> The plan is to get sjavac running reliably on all platforms
>> and enabled by default.
>>
>> In the meantime, you can try it out by using --enable-sjavac
>> when you run configure.
>>
>> -- Jon
>
Yes, sjavac does package-level dependency analysis.

-- Jon