On Dec 2, 5:36 am, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Dr. David Kirkby > > > > <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > > Trying to create a binary distribution on Solaris, I find some rather > > suspicious > > looking files are being added: > > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/symmetrica/ > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/symmetrica/symmetrica.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/mpmath/ > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/mpmath/utils.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/cremona/ > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/cremona/homspace.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/cremona/mat.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/cremona/newforms.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_GF2.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_GF2E.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_GF2EContext.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_GF2EX.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_GF2X.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_lzz_p.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_lzz_pContext.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_lzz_pX.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_mat_GF2.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_mat_GF2E.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_mat_ZZ.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_ZZ.o > > sage-4.2.1-Solaris-10-sun4u-SunOS/devel/sage-main/build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6/sage/libs/ntl/ntl_ZZX.o > > > There can not be any need for object files can there? > > > I've no idea where the directory temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.6 comes from. > > The reason for these files is so that if a user modifies the Sage > library and then types "sage -br" it takes a few seconds the first > time instead of an *hour*. This makes an absolutely dramatic > difference in whether or not somebody will develop on Sage. If their > first > experience is: > > 1. Modify Sage's library code > 2. Type "sage -br" and wait 1-2 hours to see the result... > > they probably aren't left with a warm fuzzy feeling. Given that an > extracted Sage install is about 1.5GB (or more), this extra 130MB is > well worth it. > > -- William
Fair enough, I understand that now. I'm puzzled why the Solaris binary is so big compared to the others. I checked over it briefly and found the links to libraries are links, not duplicate copies. Perhaps I have a core dump or something like that - I will look more closely. If all is well, I'll upload version 4.2.1 built on the first release of Solaris 10. I just looked on the Wolfram Research site, to see the size of the binaries for a trial version. http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/experience/request.cgi Solaris is the biggest, but not by a large amount. The sizes are: Solaris 695.42 MB Linux 647.57 MB Mac 616.04 MB Windows 474.76 MB Dave -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
