> 1) years ago GCC took about 2 hours to compile, last year it was 26 hours > for me, this year I just surpassed 48 hours and it is still going - it > would be very nice if one could compile the compiler and what it needs > without having to build the entire java set (yes I know it is bigger and > better, but don't need all the parts)
Configure with --disable-libgcj. I even considered making this the default on SPARC/Solaris because libgcj build times are insanely long in 4.x and the default setting is to build 2 such monsters on Solaris 7 and up. -- Eric Botcazou