matelich
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Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:38 pm

Build Caching not improving performance

We build 5 installers off one .ai project from the command line in our build script using -buildslist. Time to build all 5 is 22-24 minutes.

I'd hoped to increase performance by turning on caching, but it seems to have had zero impact. My guess is that each different build flavor causes the cache to be invalidated.

Can you suggest a workaround?
Sorin
Posts: 663
Joined: Mon May 08, 2017 1:03 pm

Re: Build Caching not improving performance

Hello,
My guess is that each different build flavor causes the cache to be invalidated.
The cache should not be invalidated unless the cab file must be re-generated (eg. when new resources are added in "Files and Folders" page).

Can you give us a step by step testcase in order to investigate this?

In order to try speedup the build time you can build an EXE installation package using the LZMA compression with the Fastest level and see if this helps.

Best regards,
Sorin
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