From: Kevin Layer <layer@franz.com>
To: Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org>
Cc: David Deaven <deaven@execpc.com>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: why is make so bloody slow (for me)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:53:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200004102052.NAA27576@ultra.franz.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <013601bfa32d$d323ae50$5f0f4dd1@TIMYX18EWDT6RQ>
>> I've always found 2K faster than NT.
Me, too, normally.
>> I do find it necessary to run
>> regclean.exe and defrag frequently.
I doubt either of these will solve the problem. Also, I've been
burned by regclean.exe before.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin Layer" <layer@franz.com>
>> To: "David Deaven" <deaven@execpc.com>
>> Cc: <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
>> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 12:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: why is make so bloody slow (for me)
>>
>>
>> > >>
>> > >> 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 <bug-make@gnu.org>.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > 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
>> > >> >
>> > >> >--
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>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> -------------------------------------
>> > >> David Deaven deaven@execpc.com
>> > >> http://www.execpc.com/~deaven
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> -------------------------------------
>> > >> David Deaven deaven@execpc.com
>> > >> http://www.execpc.com/~deaven
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
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2000-04-10 13:53 ` Kevin Layer [this message]
2000-04-07 13:18 Kevin Layer
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2000-04-07 11:24 Kevin Layer
2000-04-07 14:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2000-04-07 14:26 ` Corinna Vinschen
2000-04-07 14:51 ` Kevin Layer
2000-04-07 16:10 ` Corinna Vinschen
2000-04-07 16:54 ` Kevin Layer
2000-04-07 16:56 ` Kevin Layer
2000-04-07 17:04 ` Kevin Layer
2000-04-07 17:05 ` Kevin Layer
2000-04-09 12:06 ` David Deaven
2000-04-10 12:37 ` Kevin Layer
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