Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 06:24:58 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> To: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/obj required space Message-ID: <20010213062458.A72052@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7BFA@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 11:46:38AM %2B0100 References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7BFA@l04.research.kpn.com>
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On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 11:46:38AM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > I knew that gcc wasn't terribly efficient on Alpha, but this is silly. More > than twice the required disk space for a world build? Don't blame it all on GCC. Don't forget your data segments are twice as big for int's. Pointers are twice as big, etc.. This is a 64bit vs. 32bit issue. Plus you don't get perfect allocation on the disk -- ie, you have fragmentation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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