Re: address@hidden: libjava build times]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

sorry for the self-followup.

* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Wed, May 04, 2005 at 06:30:57PM CEST:
> * Joe Buck wrote on Mon, May 02, 2005 at 08:01:49PM CEST:
> >
> > We really need something done about this problem, as it interferes
> > with our ability to efficiently develop GCC.
> 
> How many objects does libjava contain?  Rather 100 or 1000?  Do you
> need relinking because of command line length?

I am compiling libjava ATM to see what happens.

> > From: Richard Henderson <address@hidden>
> > 
> > Now, unless I've done something drastically wrong, it appears as if we
> > are spending 2/3 of our time in the libtool script.
> 
> I know.  I worked on that for Libtool HEAD and fixed it mostly (that is,

  s/it/linking/

Sorry for that.  Compilation needs something like libtool-cache, if it
is a bottleneck.  BTW, choosing the right shell may also help a lot.
Adapting Libtool to do this better for cases of interest might be a
cheap way to get more speed quickly.

> for all decent platforms, not win32), for the case of many objects.

Regards,
Ralf