> I think this is caused because the time slice is too short and the system > can't tell the build times apart. Even though main clearly came after main.8 > the system sees them as the same time. Of course this can cause mk to > dothe link again unnecessarily if > mk is called again. This is what is happening to me. Each time I mk it > builds less. > > Perhaps this is a problem with 9port under VMware. Perhaps, in certain > environments, the time slices are too big. > > Any experience or thoughts on the matter are greatly appreciated.
you are correct. this is all about time resolution. plan 9 times are recorded in 1s resolution, and unless you have a very slow processor, or a very big program, building & linking a program can take less than 1s. - erik
