long waiting time in linking

here is the situation. I am using visual studio 2005. the solution contains lots of projects, 34 projects in all, and the start up projects depends on others. then in linking part, it'll wait a long time before the real linking starts. I am pretty sure it's because of too many projects depended, as when I use a solution with 10 开发者_如何学Cof the 34 projects(keep other projects as headers&libs), it'll start instantly.

so any one has any idea that I can reduce the waiting time?

thx.

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If 10 is fast and 34 is incredibly slow, you might try adding projects one-at-a-time to the 10-project solution until it gets slow. There may be one particular project that causes the slowness.

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You could turn off "Whole Program Optimization", that should speed up the linking for you. Then you could use it in your final stages of release.

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Enable the option in link-general-enable Incremental linking

Or Unity Build

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