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Re: libtool linking libgcj
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: "Nicholas S. Wourms" <nwourms at netscape dot net>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:12:26 +0100
- Subject: Re: libtool linking libgcj
- References: <16248.23594.242115.984898@cuddles.cambridge.redhat.com><2479267.sK09pZ8la6@metamorph.clemson.edu>
Nicholas S. Wourms writes:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
>
> > When linking libgcj, the libtool shell script consumes more than two
> > minutes of CPU time on my box, a 1200MHz processor. This is a lot
> > more time than the link itself takes.
> >
> > I'm coming to the conclusion that this is no longer tolerable. Many
> > people don't have boxes anything like as fast as mine. We really are
> > going to have to find a better way to do things than this.
> >
> > Andrew.
>
> What about splitting them up into 5 or 6 convenience libraries?
Okay, but it would be some considerable work, and how much improvemnt
should I expect? Why would splitting the library help?
Andrew.