use mold linker

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 1bcf46781140..4e5b8f553e16 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pkgbase = cosmic-workspaces-git
 	license = GPL-3.0-or-later
 	makedepends = cargo
 	makedepends = git
+	makedepends = mold
 	depends = libinput
 	depends = libxkbcommon
 	depends = mesa
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index e7f789b56995..3cd60fa24abf 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ depends=(
 makedepends=(
   'cargo'
   'git'
+  'mold'
 )
 provides=("${pkgname%-git}")
 conflicts=("${pkgname%-git}")
@@ -38,7 +39,12 @@ build() {
   cd cosmic-workspaces-epoch
   export CARGO_HOME="$srcdir/cargo-home"
   export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
-  make prefix='/usr' VENDOR='1' all
+
+  # use mold instead of lld to speed up build
+  RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-fuse-ld=mold"
+
+  # use nice to build with lower priority
+  nice make prefix='/usr' VENDOR='1' all
 }
 
 package() {