Paul Smith <psm...@gnu.org> writes: > As for why 3.82 is slower, unfortunately I'm having problems figuring it > out. I compiled with gprof but the cumulative profiled code in GNU make > only took 6 seconds or so, so I suppose the other 24 seconds must be in > libc or someplace... but trying to install a profile-enabled version of > libc on my system did not succeed (or rather the package install worked > but linking with the profiled libc did not work).
The "prof" program distributed with recent linux kernels is extremely useful too -- it's much easier and less intrusive to use than gprof in many cases. [The annoyance is that it's still not packaged in debian for whatever reason... you can fetch the linux sources and just build in the "prof" directory, but you need to make sure the source versions match the your kernel you're using, since the kernel interfaces have changed around at various points.] -Miles -- "Suppose He doesn't give a shit? Suppose there is a God but He just doesn't give a shit?" [George Carlin]
