Re: Configure tests using pipes

[NightStrike]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 07/16/2018 08:11 PM, NightStrike wrote:
>>
>> Is there a way to tell configure to pipe input into gcc as stdin for
>> compile tests instead of writing out a temp file and compiling that?
>
>
> Not that I know of.
>
>> When working on slow, remotely mounted nfs areas, the very large
>> amount of file i/o latency multiplies its effects considerably.
>
>
> Don't do that. Instead, create a temporary area, make that the working
> directory, and use /path/to/src/configure instead.

In my environment, I don't have permission to run the build in a non-NFS area.