From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 27 14: 8:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B36C737B400 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 14:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 4A6BFFC2; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 16:08:26 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 16:08:26 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: "Philip J. Koenig" Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: General Buildworld request Message-ID: <20020427160826.K29528@over-yonder.net> References: <20020427205837386.AAA803@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5-fullermd.1i In-Reply-To: <20020427205837386.AAA803@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>; from pjklist@ekahuna.com on Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 01:58:36PM -0700 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 01:58:36PM -0700 I heard the voice of Philip J. Koenig, and lo! it spake thus: > > Since I have to think that knowing how long the build process takes > is interesting to most people who have to keep machines updated, is > it too much to ask that "buildworld" adopt the same practice as > "buildkernel" and echo a timestamp at the beginning, so I don't have > to do it manually each time in order to track how long the process > takes? (stamping the end might also be handy, although by default one > can just look at the file timestamp, unless it gets changed for some > reason) Personally, I long ago trained my fingers to 'time' any command I execute that I expect to take more than 10 seconds or so. Lot simpler, no math to do... -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message