From 5ad5e0807b44470e5554adfa420e841d58a225c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Rosdahl Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 15:15:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Just say that that hard links mode may be faster --- manual.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual.txt b/manual.txt index 7274c276f..e88107839 100644 --- a/manual.txt +++ b/manual.txt @@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ cases you won't need any of these as the defaults will be fine. If you set the environment variable *CCACHE_HARDLINK* then ccache will attempt to use hard links from the cache directory when creating the - compiler output rather than using a file copy. Using hard links is faster, - but can confuse programs like ``make'' that rely on modification times. - Hard links are never made for compressed cache files. This means that you - typically should not set the *CCACHE_COMPRESS* variable if you want to use - hard links. + compiler output rather than using a file copy. Using hard links may be + slightly faster in some situations, but can confuse programs like ``make'' + that rely on modification times. Hard links are never made for compressed + cache files. This means that you should not set the *CCACHE_COMPRESS* + variable if you want to use hard links. *CCACHE_HASHDIR*:: -- 2.47.3