Hmm, seems to not be anything that changed in the Mir code. It seems the regression happened in the OS when I upgraded my build machine from wily to xenial.
** Also affects: binutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mir Status: New => Incomplete ** Tags added: apport-collected xenial ** Description changed: - [regression] Linking mir_unit_tests.bin now takes a very long time - (minutes) even on a fast machine (previously just seconds) + [regression] Linking mir_unit_tests.bin now takes a very long time (minutes) even on a fast machine (previously just seconds) + --- + ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8 + Architecture: amd64 + Dependencies: + gcc-5-base 5.2.1-27ubuntu1 + libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4 + libgcc1 1:5.2.1-27ubuntu1 + zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 + InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-03 (1 days ago) + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151202) + Package: binutils 2.25.90.20151125-2ubuntu1 + PackageArchitecture: amd64 + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6 + Tags: xenial + Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64 + UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo + _MarkForUpload: True -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to binutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522726 Title: [regression] Linking mir_unit_tests.bin now takes a very long time (minutes) even on a fast machine (previously just seconds) Status in Mir: Incomplete Status in binutils package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [regression] Linking mir_unit_tests.bin now takes a very long time (minutes) even on a fast machine (previously just seconds) --- ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Dependencies: gcc-5-base 5.2.1-27ubuntu1 libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4 libgcc1 1:5.2.1-27ubuntu1 zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-03 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151202) Package: binutils 2.25.90.20151125-2ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6 Tags: xenial Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1522726/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp