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Incremental linking allows the linker to update the existing executable when re-compiled.

Linking involves packaging together all of the object files built from source files, as well as any referenced library files, into the output (executable or dynamically linked library).

Incremental linking creates the output in a way which makes it easier for the linker to update the existing output when re-compiling after a small change. Without incremental linking, this has to be done from scratch each time.

Incremental linking makes it faster to compile and link a project. However, it may make the executable slightly bigger and slower. You may want to use incremental linking for debug builds to speed development, but disable it for release builds to improve runtime performance.

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What is "incremental linking"?

I've looked at Microsoft's MSDN and all around the web, but I still haven't been able to get a really good idea of what it is. Does it mean the completed program loads DLLs at different times during its execution, as apposed to all at once upon…
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Incremental linking using gcc on linux. Is it possible?

The way my team's project is developed, we generate a Shared Object library for our application from all all of our .o object files. My task (hopefully it is specific enough but also general enough to be of use to others!) is to link in only the…
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C++: LINK : debug\XXXXX.exe not found or not built by the last incremental link; performing full link

Using visual studio 2008 SP1, This line: LINK : debug\XXXXX.exe not found or not built by the last incremental link; performing full link appears every single time I compile the project, no matter how small a change I make. What could be the…
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Low performance of Incremental linking in Visual Studio C++

I have a large binary which is built of many static libs and standalone cpp files. It is configured to use incremental linking, all optimizations are disabled by /Od - it is debug build. I noticed that if I change any standalone cpp file then…
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ilk target directory

If incremental linking is enabled, Visual C++ generates the *.ilk file in $(TargetDir), can I override this behavior and redirect it to another directory? (without using a post-build step)
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What does Rust's lack of incremental compilation mean, exactly?

This question was asked before Rust officially supported incremental compilation. Rust 1.24.0 and later enable incremental compilation by default for development (debug) builds. I'm an outsider trying to see if Rust is appropriate for my…
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What's the best approach to incremental compilation when building a DSL using Eclipse?

As suggested by the Eclipse documentation, I have an org.eclipse.core.resources.IncrementalProjectBuilder that compiles each source file and separately I also have a org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.TextEditor that can edit each source file. Each source…
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Partial builds versus full builds in Visual C++

For most of my development work with Visual C++, I am using partial builds, e.g. press F7 and only changed C++ files and their dependencies get rebuilt, followed by an incremental link. Before passing a version onto testing, I take the precaution…
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Visual Studio 2010 cannot open .ilk file

I am trying to build a C++ program in VS2010 and encountered an error that I've never seen before. LINK: fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file C:...\Debug\labfour.ilk I searched for solutions but wasn't able to find any other instances of visual…
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Exe performs full link when Library changes, despite incremental linking

I have an MSVC++ project consisting of an executable, several own static libraries and some precompiled static third party libraries. The exe uses incremental linking in order to speed up build time. When I change a .cpp file within the executable…
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ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Error parsing arguments for import: when importing Mysql data into S3

I am trying to import mysql data into s3 bucket using the following command through sqoop sqoop job --create myJob -- import -Dmapreduce.job.user.classpath.first=true -Dfs.s3a.access.key= -Dfs.s3a.secret.key= --connect…
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LNK1210 in Visual Studio 2008

I receive the following error when linking Chromium project: Linking... LINK.EXE.SUPALINK_ORIG : ..\build\Debug\chrome.dll not found or not built by the last incremental link; performing full link Creating library…
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How to get QtCreator to link incrementally with nmake?

I used to develop in Visual Studio (2008) but almost completely switched to developing in QtCreator now, mainly due to Code Navigation, refactoring and Code Completion. I'm using the win32-msvc2008 mkspec. So far I've managed to set up everything…
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Incremental linking and relocation

My project have a several object files with project internal functions, and one object file which exposes functions for a public interface. My goal is to use incremental linking to combine all object files to a single file, and have this single file…
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Is is possible to have a linker generate a binary, that is as close to the previously generated one as possible?

Here is the context: I work with microcontrollers, where the resulting binary is written to an internal flash, and executed from there. The flash is erased and written in 4KiB blocks. The flasher is smart enough to skip over blocks that do not need…
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