buildtest.py: Use ccache#3528
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Reduces the time to run `./buildtest.py` on my 8-core laptop from 25
minutes to 7 minutes.
```
# Before, without ccache
$ time ./buildtest.py
[...]
./buildtest.py 5844.08s user 755.75s system 434% cpu 25:17.99 total
# After, with ccache, empty cache.
$ time ./buildtest.py
[...]
./buildtest.py 1620.97s user 472.66s system 482% cpu 7:13.54 total
```
The `ccache -s` status after building once from an empty cache shows
just how much duplicated work is performed: 83.00% cache hits!
```
$ ccache -s
Cacheable calls: 12538 / 22769 (55.07%)
Hits: 10407 / 12538 (83.00%)
Direct: 9093 / 10407 (87.37%)
Preprocessed: 1314 / 10407 (12.63%)
Misses: 2131 / 12538 (17.00%)
Uncacheable calls: 10231 / 22769 (44.93%)
Local storage:
Cache size (GiB): 0.1 / 5.0 ( 1.97%)
Hits: 10407 / 12538 (83.00%)
Misses: 2131 / 12538 (17.00%)
```
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
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Noticed this opportunity when looking at the CI results for #3525 -- the build variants workflow took 44 minutes. The next longest was 20 minutes, and everything else was < 10 minutes. |
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"Build variants" finished in 13 minutes :) |
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Lovely. The run time of this has been bugging me for a while but I didn't want to give it up. |
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Reduces the time to run
./buildtest.pyon my 8-core laptop from 25 minutes to 7 minutes.The
ccache -sstatus after building once from an empty cache shows just how much duplicated work is performed: 83.00% cache hits!Thank you for contributing your time to the Mosquitto project!
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