Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 10:54:37 -0700 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: Charlie Li <vishwin@freebsd.org> Cc: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, emaste@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Etcupdate runtime has more than doubled....Why? Message-ID: <ac1b3b4qxeHf-Quf@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <a0d1dd43-e5d5-4c1e-8f76-d0613247a933@freebsd.org> References: <ac1SLQ4rS9tScr5-@www.zefox.net> <2A0E2282-8B3A-46BA-85EC-B62F5E5B6891@FreeBSD.org> <ac1UWY320z_1OpoZ@www.zefox.net> <a0d1dd43-e5d5-4c1e-8f76-d0613247a933@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 01:26:02PM -0400, Charlie Li wrote: > bob prohaska wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 07:14:54PM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote: > > > On 1 Apr 2026, at 19:13, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > For some time now I've been using etcupdate on a self-hosting > > > > armv7 (RPi2) system. Lately, the runtime for etcupdate after > > > > a world/kernel update from source has seemingly more than doubled. > > > > > > It's unfortunately not an April Fools joke, but I think it's due to the new LLVM_BINUTILS default, which can cause some stuff to get rebuilt during etcupdate. I am unsure if there is any PR or pending fix. > > > > This is exactly it. After emaste@'s commit, LLVM binutils is getting built > directly in the etcupdate tree because the built artefacts do not exist > there (but rather in /usr/obj). > > If a workaround emerges is would be very helpful on a Pi2 ! > > > The workaround is to revert a follow-up typo fix and the original commit in > order: > > e8dac3944dca - main - Makefile.inc1: Remove extraneous } > 17494c6e6b7d - main - build: Boostrap LLVM_BINUTILS for cross-tools > I'm a trifle confused; is the present situation considered a bug to be corrected in a later revision, or a feature to be preserved for general use? If it's going to be preserved I'll attempt the two reversions. Thanks for writing! bob prohaskahome | help
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