From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Layer To: Tim Prince Cc: David Deaven , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: why is make so bloody slow (for me) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:53:00 -0000 Message-id: <200004102052.NAA27576@ultra.franz.com> References: <013601bfa32d$d323ae50$5f0f4dd1@TIMYX18EWDT6RQ> X-SW-Source: 2000-04/msg00105.html >> 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" >> To: "David Deaven" >> Cc: >> 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 . >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 >> > >> -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com