Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:20:32 -0600 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: terry <terry@thehjs.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg taking too long to build on imac G5 Message-ID: <20190204132032.79f7f79d@ralga.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <393c97c4-d2ab-c174-7212-173e70dd5414@thehjs.co.uk> References: <393c97c4-d2ab-c174-7212-173e70dd5414@thehjs.co.uk>
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 18:20:53 +0000 terry <terry@thehjs.co.uk> wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD onto an imac G5 20=E2=80=9D (using=20 > FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso) and have started=20 > building xorg from source. >=20 > I used =E2=80=9Cmake install=E2=80=9D with =E2=80=98BATCH=3Dyes=E2=80=99 = to install the standard > options and avoid halts in the build process. >=20 > However, the build process has been running now for 106 hours and is=20 > still running! My questions are: >=20 > 1) Has the build process somehow got into a loop (is it possible to > test for this?) and should I terminate the build? >=20 > 2) If yes, what precautions can I take to avoid a repetition? >=20 > I have spent some time looked through the forum and mailing lists but=20 > have been unable to find answers so any suggestions or pointers to=20 > existing solutions would be welcomed. >=20 Hi Terry, Yes, on such an old machine it can take a *very* long time to build x11/xorg and all its dependencies, there's a long list of them including lang/gcc5, lang/gcc8 and devel/llvm60, each of which can take over 10 hours. If I remember correctly the iMac G5 was a single-core single-CPU machine, so it can take even longer, significantly longer. On my dual-core 2.3GHz it would take ~13 hours to build llvm, with 2 threads running. So I imagine at least 20 hours with a single thread running. Personally, I strongly recommend installing poudriere, and building with that, as it simplifies monitoring, and allows for a cleaner build environment. It doesn't save you any time at all on your build, though. - Justin
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