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Re: groan: installation
- From: Nic Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>
- To: Adam Megacz <gcj at lists dot megacz dot com>
- Cc: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>, Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>, <tromey at redhat dot com>, <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 03 Nov 2002 23:27:12 +0000
- Subject: Re: groan: installation
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211030917050.5795-100000@ops2.one-point.com><86of96l04o.fsf@nowhere.com>
> > See the `u' flag in (binutils) ar. Is ar the speed-limiting step?
>
> At least when I do an incremental build (ie change one .cc file and
> recompile), yes, the 'ar' invocation to construct libgcj.a is by far
> the most time-consuming step. It also causes my machine to grind to a
> halt, which is frustrating if I'm trying to do something else with a
> build in the background.
I get the same thing but also with the install.sh calls. In my case
the installation is copying a file from one filesystem to another so
the disc driver is getting involved there, I guess that's why it's
slow.
Nic