[llvm-dev] GN build roundtable summary; adding GN build files to the repo

[Nicolai Hähnle via llvm-dev]

On 31.10.18 23:29, Zachary Turner wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 3:11 PM Nicolai Hähnle via llvm-dev 
> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
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>     Besides, how on earth are you using LLVM that cmake times are an issue?
>     Given that cmake times seem to be the only argument you have in
>     favor of
>     GN...
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>     I just measured the typical case (for LLVM only, debug build, all
>     non-experimental targets enabled) by touching all files. cmake takes 5
>     seconds to run, while the build as a whole takes about 5 minutes. (This
>     is on Ubuntu 18.10, in case that matters.)
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> I am using CMake with LLVM with all targets OFF except for x86.  Only 
> clang, lldb, and lld enabled.
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> $ timecmd cmake ..\..\..\..\llvm-mono\llvm
> <output snipped>
> command took 0:0:34.05 (34.05s total)

Have you tried LLVM only?

Quite frankly, if I can get a cmake run in under 5 seconds for LLVM only 
(on a Threadripper with SSD) without doing anything special, and it 
takes your system 35 seconds for LLVM + Clang + LLDB + LLD (on an 
apparently similarly beefy system, also with SSD), it sounds to me like 
something *seriously* broken is happening in the cmake files for those 
other projects.

Maybe that should be fixed instead of reinventing the world?

Cheers,
Nicolai

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