From nobody Wed Apr 1 18:38:02 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4fmDJF1313z6YJ6x for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from mx.catwhisker.org (mx.catwhisker.org [107.204.234.170]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fmDJD54Rkz3PWK for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:38:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTP id 631Ic2Si059032; Wed, 1 Apr 2026 18:38:02 GMT (envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.18.1/8.18.1/Submit) id 631Ic2j9059031; Wed, 1 Apr 2026 11:38:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 11:38:02 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: bob prohaska Cc: Mark Millard , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Etcupdate runtime has more than doubled....Why? Message-ID: Reply-To: current@freebsd.org Mail-Followup-To: current@freebsd.org, bob prohaska , Mark Millard , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <626584dc-ea9c-4a63-902c-4de4e10bba00@yahoo.com> List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IRyHQ4Rpbr7M5+bC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7018, ipnet:107.192.0.0/12, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4fmDJD54Rkz3PWK X-Spamd-Bar: ---- --IRyHQ4Rpbr7M5+bC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 11:34:39AM -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 11:00:56AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > ... > > etcupdate has the option: > >=20 > >=20 > > -B Do not build generated files in a private object tree. > ... > > What was the context-status and use vs. not for -B ? >=20 > There's only one /usr/obj on the system. >=20 > The buildworld command used was > make -j3 KERNCONF=3DGENERIC TARGET=3Darm TARGET_ARCH=3Darmv7 buildworld > and the etcupdate command following buildworld was > etcupdate -p >=20 > After installing world and kernel, etcupdate runs again as > etcupdate >=20 > Might using etcupdate -B in the second invocation be a remedy? > .... I have used -B with etcupdate since migrating from mergemaster to etcupdate; I am tracking stable (currently, 15) and head daily on a handful of machines, and have not seen the cited slowdown. It would seem to be worth an experiment. Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --IRyHQ4Rpbr7M5+bC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iNUEARYKAH0WIQRCec5RsK7Enudh3yGB9MJ9AwUELQUCac1mCl8UgAAAAAAuAChp c3N1ZXItZnByQG5vdGF0aW9ucy5vcGVucGdwLmZpZnRoaG9yc2VtYW4ubmV0NDI3 OUNFNTFCMEFFQzQ5RUU3NjFERjIxODFGNEMyN0QwMzA1MDQyRAAKCRCB9MJ9AwUE LdZTAQD3MWGcPpqJDuebzrMjfnkRvikI7AOEFBEHrFkFNk9FEQD/Rgncr1N8IGyj kKxfMr8Eo9F2CyTxItXCVXLTXTrDmgU= =h4m2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IRyHQ4Rpbr7M5+bC--