Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 20:29:01 +0000 From: terry <terry@thehjs.co.uk> To: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg taking too long to build on imac G5 Message-ID: <3f88be3f-4e18-6b85-e054-60ad8aa6f988@thehjs.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20190204132032.79f7f79d@ralga.knownspace> References: <393c97c4-d2ab-c174-7212-173e70dd5414@thehjs.co.uk> <20190204132032.79f7f79d@ralga.knownspace>
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Hi Justin Many thanks for your reply. That gives me some comfort and I shall continue to wait for the build to finish. And I shall investigate the use of poudriere for the next build! Terry On 04/02/2019 19:20, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 18:20:53 +0000 > terry <terry@thehjs.co.uk> wrote: > >> I have installed FreeBSD onto an imac G5 20” (using >> FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso) and have started >> building xorg from source. >> >> I used “make install” with ‘BATCH=yes’ to install the standard >> options and avoid halts in the build process. >> >> However, the build process has been running now for 106 hours and is >> still running! My questions are: >> >> 1) Has the build process somehow got into a loop (is it possible to >> test for this?) and should I terminate the build? >> >> 2) If yes, what precautions can I take to avoid a repetition? >> >> I have spent some time looked through the forum and mailing lists but >> have been unable to find answers so any suggestions or pointers to >> existing solutions would be welcomed. >> > Hi Terry, > > Yes, on such an old machine it can take a *very* long time to build > x11/xorg and all its dependencies, there's a long list of them > including lang/gcc5, lang/gcc8 and devel/llvm60, each of which can take > over 10 hours. If I remember correctly the iMac G5 was a single-core > single-CPU machine, so it can take even longer, significantly longer. > On my dual-core 2.3GHz it would take ~13 hours to build llvm, with 2 > threads running. So I imagine at least 20 hours with a single thread > running. > > Personally, I strongly recommend installing poudriere, and building > with that, as it simplifies monitoring, and allows for a cleaner build > environment. It doesn't save you any time at all on your build, though. > > - Justin
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