Document that using "make -r" might be faster than plain "make" in Windows.

git-svn-id: file:///var/local/repositories/ffmpeg/trunk@20418 9553f0bf-9b14-0410-a0b8-cfaf0461ba5b

diff --git a/doc/general.texi b/doc/general.texi
index 52be0552da48b6f9b0c9c16d0595f255bdabe7ae..e1402f50dd5b219d1994b8c06933bb08f327173f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/general.texi
+++ b/doc/general.texi
@@ -735,6 +735,12 @@ Notes:
 
 @itemize
 
+@item Building natively using MSYS can be sped up by disabling implicit rules
+in the Makefile by calling @code{make -r} instead of plain @code{make}. This
+speed up is close to non-existent for normal one-off builds and is only
+noticeable when running make for a second time (for example in
+@code{make install}).
+
 @item In order to compile FFplay, you must have the MinGW development library
 of SDL. Get it from @url{http://www.libsdl.org}.
 Edit the @file{bin/sdl-config} script so that it points to the correct prefix