Date: 20 Feb 2002 22:40:29 -0000 From: erik@www.smluc.org To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speeding up bsd.ports.mk Message-ID: <20020220224029.22623.qmail@www.smluc.org>
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Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> said: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 09:04:25PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Recently NetBSD team removed all .USE macros from their bsd.pkg.mk > > (see http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2001/11/08/0001.html) - > > which should make operations (most notably dependency resolution and > > registration) 3 times faster. What do people think about integrating > > those changes into our bsd.port.mk? > > Well, if it both makes it faster and does not break anything. :) > I AM ALL FOR IT. :) has anyone bothered exploring exactly why there was this huge speedup and what about the .USE macro is so slow? it may be possible to improve the performance without changing any of the makefiles, no? Just because someone else did it doesn't necessarily mean it's right, merely worth further investigation :) <snip> -Erik <erik@smluc.org> [http://math.smsu.edu/~erik] The opinions expressed by me are not necessarily opinions. In all probability, they are random rambling, and to be ignored. Failure to ignore may result in severe boredom or confusion. Shake well before opening. Keep Refrigerated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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