using ninja instead of make

[René J.V. Bertin]

On Friday January 02 2015 09:53:32 Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> >>> How would one set things up for this?
> >>
> >>Modify the CMake PortGroup to use ninja.
> >
> > Basically by adding  "-G ninja" to the configure.args, and then modify the variables defining the make application and arguments? I'd do that first in a test port rather than imposing it on every port depending on CMake.
> 
> If you manage to do that, please test it with Geant4 and Clang. Those
> need quite some time to build, so at least you should get some real
> differences (if differences can be expected).