[CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Jerry Geis
I was just wondering if there are special tricks people do that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or something else I dont about that minimizes your compile time? I presently have and AMD x2 4800+ with 2GIG ram. Just curious if I can reduce any more time out of my compiles. Jerry

Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:36:39 -0500 Jerry Geis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if there are special tricks people do that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or something else I dont about that minimizes your compile time? I presently have and AMD x2 4800+ with 2GIG ram.

Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Alain Spineux
On Nov 29, 2007 10:36 PM, Jerry Geis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if there are special tricks people do that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or something else I dont about that minimizes your compile time? I presently have and AMD x2 4800+ with 2GIG ram. # make -j

Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Mark Pryor
Jerry, --- Jerry Geis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if there are special tricks people do that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or something else I dont about that minimizes your compile time? I presently have and AMD x2 4800+ with 2GIG ram. Just curious if I

Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5 Jerry, --- Jerry Geis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if there are special tricks people do that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or something else I dont about that minimizes your compile time? I presently have and AMD

Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Frank Cox wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:36:39 -0500 Jerry Geis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if there are special tricks people do that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or something else I dont about that minimizes your compile time? I presently have and AMD x2

RE: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Robert - elists
I think it's just too new and shiny. ccache is installed by default with Fedora 8. Wow, fedora 8? Where have I been? Sheesh, most of us are still dealing with considering centos 5 migrations from rock solid centos 4 as necessary eh? Isn't this fedora thing getting a little bit cat outta

RE: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Robert - elists
ccache does not appear to be part of the centos base or core or whatever you wanna call it I see that karan and dag have it in their space Is there any downside to installing ccache? If so, in what terms? How about on an internet facing box? - rh

Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:26:21 -0500 Jerry Geis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank - HEY that is fantastic Dropped complete compile from 27 seconds to 14. I was not aware of this... Oddly enough, a lot of people don't seem to be aware of it. I think it's right up there with sliced bread and

Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5

2007-11-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:25:47 -0800 Robert - elists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ccache does not appear to be part of the centos base or core or whatever you wanna call it I think it's just too new and shiny. ccache is installed by default with Fedora 8. Is there any downside to installing