Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 08:40:17 -0500 From: Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net> To: Ed Schouten <ed@nuxi.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: reducing build times; selecting specific clang targets Message-ID: <8a3b8f49-5e10-09df-3682-b411a481f001@protected-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <CABh_MK=iC5oV2LswubkmxJ4MSK5ZqPJ%2B3Lkb__h%2B0o1QQN=FZQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ff42e67-c045-4255-a96a-bcd3fb8d116c@protected-networks.net> <CABh_MK=iC5oV2LswubkmxJ4MSK5ZqPJ%2B3Lkb__h%2B0o1QQN=FZQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/09/17 02:50, Ed Schouten wrote: > Hi Michael, > > 2017-12-09 4:57 GMT+01:00 Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net>: >> As clang builds for multiple targets unconditionally, it takes *days* to >> build on one of my devices (700MHz Pentium-3). >> >> Is there a way to restrict the build targets to i386 only? If not, can we >> implement one? > > Regardless of the discussion of how and whether this may be > implemented, do take into consideration that the target specific bits > in Clang only account for a minority of the build time. It is not as > if Clang is literally built multiple times, once for every > architecture. The build will likely still take several days, even if > this got fixed. > > Have you considered doing builds on some other system and copying the > results over? According to Wikipedia, they stopped producing Pentium > III CPUs 14 years ago. Using these systems to do actual builds sounds > like a waste of electricity. > Far less than the electricity consumed by an entire planet's worth of BSD systems building for targets they'll never use. The target system is in a remote data-center to which I have limited access and is the only remaining one of its type in my network. The old installer used to be able to select a set of source archives from which to update but I don't see that functionality in any of the current tools. What did I miss? imb
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