>> >> Thus I think that all this 111 seconds is almost wasting time that
>> >> was spent in FindFirst/FindNext circle.
>> >
>> > I think that is wrong.
>> >
>> > But you can test that by copying all the needed .ppu and .o files into
>> > one directory and replace the -Fu lines for fpc.cfg with
>> > -Fudirectory_with_all_needed_units.
>> >
>> > I think most time is spent creating the executable from the 383 units
>> > it needs, getting code, data and debug sections from the 383 units and
>> > putting it in the final executable.
>> >
>> > Vincent
>>
>> *Yes, You are right.*
>>
>> When I set Compiler Options -> Messages to "Show summary" only it takes
>> 15 seconds to make all project and also to link it.
>> Ok. But 15 seconds is also very large time. Sorry for that - I mean
>> Delphi. It is faster in all cases. So I think it is a good idea to
>> speedup compilation process. May be for Windows only - if you will set
>> the file search process to be case insensitive it will decrease the
>> quantity of requests in 4 times!
>
> Maybe, but the linking process still takes the biggest time.
> The external linker (ld) simply _is_ slow, and there is nothing
> we can do about it.
Maybe you should try the lazarus development snapshot that is compiled
with the 2.1.1 compiler. This has the case-insensitive search and an
internal linker for win32.
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