http://bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1509 has a short discussion that has turned into how to calculate an SBU.
Basically the issue is this; At which commands do we start and stop the calculation process? It seems that the most readily definable and maintainable solution is to include every command that is in grey boxes. This would exclude testsuites (and I've seen many people question whether or not testsuites were included in the SBU timings). Currently BLFS has based its SBU's on these binutils commands: ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls make make install Now for the sake of current BLFS svn, I see no need to change this in 6.1, but for future releases I propose the entire build instructions be used which would add: make -C ld clean make -C ld LIB_PATH=/tools/lib Now there is no reason to add this *except* that section 4.5 of the book (which explains SBU's) can explicitly state that all commands in grey text should be encapsulated in the time command if you want to measure the SBU value for that package. Then it leaves little to chance and helps keeps all the developers and readers on the same page. Again, I am proposing this for post-6.1. Comments? Suggestions? -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
