Amake: Cached Builds of Top-Level Targets

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Abstract

I will describe a software-build tool named Amake, an extension of GNU Make. Its additional features solve important problems that have, until now, only been addressed by "high-end" build tools (e.g., ClearCase and Vesta).

With a typical build tool, if a top-level target must be updated, intermediate targets must be built from sources, and then combined to build the top-level target. The enhancements described here allow a top-level target to be fetched from a shared cache, without building, or even fetching its intermediate-target dependencies. Thus, a developer's workspace may need only contain sources and top-level targets. This reduces build time, reduces network traffic, and saves disk space.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 13 Nov 2015
Event2015 USENIX Release Engineering Summit (URES '15) - Washington, D.C.
Duration: 13 Nov 2015 → …

Conference

Conference2015 USENIX Release Engineering Summit (URES '15)
Period13/11/15 → …

EGS Disciplines

  • Computer Sciences

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