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Recommend --config-cache for ./configure #1794

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gh-1547: Recommend --config-cache for configure
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gh-1547: Also mention --cache-file=config.cache alias
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Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Bartosz Sławecki <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -198,13 +198,12 @@ More flags are available to ``configure``, but this is the minimum you should
do to get a pydebug build of CPython.

.. tip::
To speed up repeated ``configure`` runs, use ``--config-cache`` (short:
``-C``, equivalent: ``--cache-file=config.cache``)::
To speed up repeated ``configure`` runs, use ``--config-cache`` (equivalent to ``--cache-file=config.cache``, short: ``-C``)::

$ ./configure --config-cache --with-pydebug

This caches results in a ``config.cache`` file. If you switch compilers or
significantly change your build environment, delete ``config.cache`` before
This caches results in a :file:`config.cache` file. If you switch compilers or
significantly change your build environment, delete :file:`config.cache` before
re-running ``configure``.

.. note::
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