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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Genlop oddity
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 09:10:33
Message-Id: 6258244.2EFx87mp2K@peak
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Genlop oddity by Fernando Rodriguez
1 On Sunday 31 Jul 2016 18:52:23 Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
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3 --->8
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5 > Just out of curiosity what are the differences between the original genlop
6 > calculation and yours, and how long did it actually take? and what is the
7 > output of 'genlop -t <cat/pkg>'.
8
9 $ genlop -t gcc -f /mnt/rescue/var/log/emerge.log
10 using logfile /mnt/rescue/var/log/emerge.log
11 * sys-devel/gcc
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13 Sat Apr 16 10:07:24 2016 >>> sys-devel/gcc-4.9.3
14 merge time: 25 minutes and 41 seconds.
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16 Sun May 15 10:03:34 2016 >>> sys-devel/gcc-4.9.3
17 merge time: 12 minutes and 19 seconds.
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19 Sun Jul 31 11:33:57 2016 >>> sys-devel/gcc-4.9.3
20 merge time: 17 minutes and 58 seconds.
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22 This is a fairly new box, so there aren't many records yet. The last one
23 above is the one I was talking about.
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25 I can't tell you how long I thought it would take - sorry.
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27 > I think it would be inaccurate in most cases (at least it is for me) but
28 > if you think the calculation is wrong you should file a bug. For me it
29 > seems reasonably accurate por packages with consistent build times.
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31 Just those three samples are enough to confirm the inaccuracy, but I don't
32 really expect anything much better given all the factors we've mentioned.
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34 I was just curious. Thanks for your interest though.
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37 Rgds
38 Peter