From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Layer To: David Deaven Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: why is make so bloody slow (for me) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:37:00 -0000 Message-id: <200004101936.MAA26892@ultra.franz.com> References: <200004091906.OAA03179@pop00.execpc.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-04/msg00100.html >> >> Just to make sure, you are not using a network drive to build on, are you? >> For me, doing that in Windows NT (using NFS or clearcase MVFS network >> filesystems) makes builds run a factor of 10-50 slower, even though they are >> fast as ever under Linux or FreeBSD on the same physical box. I chalk it up >> to poor network code in Microsoft OS. No networks drives in my path, nor is my current working directory on a remote machine. I do have some mounted, though. >> >> Dave >> >> >I'm running Windows 2000 on a PIII 700 with 256mb of PC100 ECC RAM. >> >It's not the machine, obviously. It's probably win2k, but I thought >> >I'd ask... >> > >> >I'm running the V1.0 of cygwin. >> > >> >The command "make --debug" gives this output: >> > >> > GNU Make version 3.77, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. >> > Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 >> > Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. >> > There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A >> > PARTICULAR PURPOSE. >> > >> > Report bugs to . >> > >> > Reading makefiles... >> > Reading makefile `makefile'... >> > Reading makefile `../makefile.top' (search path) (no ~ expansion)... >> > Reading makefile `../makefile.defs' (search path) (no ~ expansion)... >> > Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. >> > Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. >> > Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. >> > Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. >> > >> >There is a 10 second pause after each of the above 4 lines is >> >printed. The overall effect is that it takes a good minute or two to >> >get to doing some real work. >> > >> >I upgraded my processor and NT (from 4.0sp6a) around the same time, >> >but I can swear it never was this slow. >> > >> >I have a bunch of $(shell ...) in lines my makefile. >> >I have the environment variable MAKE_MODE set to UNIX. >> > >> >Ideas? >> > >> > Kevin Layer >> > >> >-- >> >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >> >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com >> > >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------- >> David Deaven deaven@execpc.com >> http://www.execpc.com/~deaven >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------- >> David Deaven deaven@execpc.com >> http://www.execpc.com/~deaven >> >> >> -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com