Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:27:32 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: reducing build times; selecting specific clang targets Message-ID: <92c1640c-a332-c4c7-6adf-57935fc2ea12@FreeBSD.org>
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Just my $0.02: > 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? freebsd-update(8) pkg upgrade that would mean running a release, but it makes life so much easier. Cheers, Pedro.
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