On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Curt Carpenter <[email protected]>
wrote:

> OK thank you -- I'll look for more information on read only rootfs.  I
> guess I should plan on avoiding on-board compilation too, since I have no
> way of knowing if, for example, the GNU compilers are sensitive to the disk
> endurance issue.
>
>
> That's a valid concern, and the usual solution which also improves the
compilation time is to direct the temp files to a ramdisk. Having said
that, this is less of an issue in modern kernels,  because the buffer cache
often manages to contain temp files so that they don't actually reach the
disk media. The actual situation depends on the actual memory pressure on
your system,  and the specifics of your particular compile (how
large/complex are the source files, etc). Just test that.

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