Ok, this is not really support related but just an observation. I use scripts to build my LFS boxes. This makes it easier to measure how long it takes to install LFS (an of course reduces rsi ;). I've noticed my Athlon XP 2600 has become pretty slow compiling newer LFS versions. The use of make -j 3 really speeds up compilation on my new dual core laptop. I noticed some problems with autoconf and make -j. Furthermore, I checked the gentoo portage and it seems a lot of packages are broken and need -j 1. So changing everything to -j 3 is not an option.
Static toolchain compilation times: XP 2600, 1GB: 2 hours 30 minutes Core 2 duo T7500 @ 2.2 Ghz, 2GB: 1 hour, 5 minutes Now with make -j 3: Core 2 duo T7500 @ 2.2 Ghz, 2GB: 35 minutes! I think the future of make is to use multiple cores by default, or GCC should support multi-core compilation since every new processor is a dual or quad core processor. What do you think, should make handle multiple cores or GCC, using something like distcc internally? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
