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 language | American English |
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State | Published - 13 Nov 2015 |
Event | 2015 USENIX Release Engineering Summit (URES '15) - Washington, D.C. Duration: 13 Nov 2015 → … |
Conference
Conference | 2015 USENIX Release Engineering Summit (URES '15) |
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Period | 13/11/15 → … |
EGS Disciplines
- Computer Sciences