Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:22:47 +0800 From: darcsis@gmail.com (Denise H. G.) To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: extract once and build many? Message-ID: <86d4f5w84o.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> In-Reply-To: <20090101204819.5b362f55@gumby.homeunix.com> (RW's message of "Thu\, 1 Jan 2009 20\:48\:19 %2B0000") References: <861vvmlwj2.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> <20090101204819.5b362f55@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes: > On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:18:57 +0800 > darcsis@gmail.com (Denise H. G.) wrote: > > >> I noticed that some ports, e.g. qt-4 stuff, just use the same >> source ball but extract it each time for their own build. Is there >> some method to reuse the extracted sources? I think it is perhaps a >> waste of cpu and time to extract the same source ball for different >> build tasks. > > The time taken by extraction is usually negligible. And don't forget > that many ports patch the source after extraction, so reusing would > require an additional clean copy for each port. thanks! actually it does not matter too much for me. I just wonder if there is something to do about the ports system. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- darcsis ZAI gmail DIAN com
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