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Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> [15-01-24 06:48]: |
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> On 24/01/15 13:23, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> > On 01/23/2015 08:20 PM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> >> Hi, |
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> >> |
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> >> for my embedded systems I use gentoo. Their "harddisk"s are simple |
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> >> microSDcards. |
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> >> |
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> >> When updateing or emerging especially the "Calculation |
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> >> dependencies..." is a step which needs a lot of patience of the |
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> >> user (me ;). |
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> > |
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> > I have a QX9650 and it can be a few minutes on mine, especially on a |
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> > world update. My slower CPUs (Celerons) can take more than five minutes, |
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> > I don't even want to think about embedded. |
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> > |
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> >> Is there any way to make it faster or (in other words): Are there |
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> >> different ways to "Calculating dependencies..." and have only chossen |
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> >> the slowest one...? |
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> > |
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> > I'd be interested as well to know as well. It used to be it did a simple |
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> > dependency check and installed packages - then revdep-rebuild could |
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> > check for packages that need rebuilds. |
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> > |
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> > It's not really an issue if you only run emerge once, but if you have to |
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> > do it several times in one session it gets old really quick. It reminds |
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> > me of waiting for Windows XP checking for updates. Just give it a half |
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> > hour, it'll figure it out. :-( |
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> > |
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> > Dan |
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> > |
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> distcc can make a big difference on slow machines where you have 3 or so |
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> hosts to throw jobs at. |
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> ccache in particular speeds up multiple passes at an emerge. |
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> Downside is a few packages cant use ccache and exhibit seemingly random |
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> failures to compile but if known they can be excluded using a portage |
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> setting. |
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> BillK |
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Hi Bill, |
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thank you for your reply! :) |
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I experimented with kinds of "not compiling it natively" like distcc, |
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crosscompiling and such. May be me of may be a problem with the tools/ |
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the environment/the setup or whatever: The results were corrupted |
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systems every time. This costed me even more time than waiting for |
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"Calculationg dpeendencies...". |
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So I am back to natively compiling that stuff... |
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Best regards, |
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Meino |
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