Magnus Holmgren wrote:
I'm trying to figure out why Cygwin build things so much slower on one computer I have. We're talking about more than 3 times slower on a computer that ought to be a bit faster (Athlon64 at 2.2-2.4 GHz, compared to a Pentium M at 1.8 GHz).
This is a little embarrassing, but I finally found out what caused the large speed difference. You might've guessed it: the firewall.
In this case, it was the Kerio Personal Firewall. I'm guessing it is the "host intrusion prevention system" module that causes it (not that I had it enabled). When using the Windows built-in firewall (same as on the Pentium M system), the Athlon system is indeed a bit faster.
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