Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:24:27 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Subject: Re: speed up port compiling using RAM (tmpfs) ??? Message-ID: <86hd7vcn5g.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20060121210956.GU25397@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> (Peter Jeremy's message of "Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:09:56 %2B1100") References: <2209162.1137777933811.JavaMail.root@vms075.mailsrvcs.net> <20060120193741.GC39932@xor.obsecurity.org> <43D15C19.314EC346@verizon.net> <20060120222629.GA43985@xor.obsecurity.org> <43D19011.D15F8462@verizon.net> <20060121015311.GA46753@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060121160739.GH63244@over-yonder.net> <20060121202321.GA83848@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060121203057.GK63244@over-yonder.net> <20060121210956.GU25397@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> writes: > On Sat, 2006-Jan-21 14:30:57 -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > Yes, but portupgrade and friends already do most of that, so they can > > upgrade stuff "in order". > Actually, they rely on there being an up-to-date INDEX file and build > their own dependency database from that. porteasy doesn't; it parses the Makefile to attempt to detect master / slave relationships, then uses make -V to obtain fetch / build / lib / run dependencies. Replacing make with a specialized tool with a more expressive syntax would make this much easier, and much faster. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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