On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 1:48 PM n952162 <n952...@web.de> wrote:
>
> 10 weeks ago, I updated my system and it took days to build. I just
> started a new update of my system, and it looks like it will take at
> least more than a day again ...
>
> Why is gcc being rebuilt after 10 weeks, for example?
Your email is a bit vague on details.
gcc has 4 slots that are stable and 1 slot that is ~arch. You usually
only need one of those installed, but could have more than one, and at
various points there can be updates to any of them.
I wouldn't say that gcc is updated frequently on my stable systems,
but 10 weeks is a pretty long time. Looking at genlop I have updates
on:
Sun Apr 19 11:21:44 2020 >>> sys-devel/gcc-9.3.0
Fri Jul 10 07:35:45 2020 >>> sys-devel/gcc-9.3.0-r1
Sat Aug 8 06:56:05 2020 >>> sys-devel/gcc-9.3.0-r1
I'd have to do some digging as to why gcc was rebuilt in Aug. gcc
rebuilds are annoying since it takes so long (in part because it has
to be built twice). However, I think the maintainers do try to
minimize it within reason - 3 builds on such a key package YTD isn't
bad. Nobody is going to be able to promise you that gcc won't get
rebuilt only once a year/etc.
--
Rich
