On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:41:11PM -0700, Ryan wrote: > On Wednesday 22 May 2002 06:32 pm, Ryan wrote: > > I've never compiled it before, is it normal for mozilla to be taking over 3 > > hours to compile? It doesn't look like it's running in a loop....... > > D'oh, forgot to mention what CPU I have. It's a 700 celeron.
I have heard tales that when Mozilla was first released, builds took >12 hours. (I have not tried to compile Mozilla myself.) So I suspect no build loop in your case. Keep in mind that compilers running on fast CPUs are IO-bound. How fast is your hard drive? My all-SCSI system is a big help when I compile. Mozilla is written in C++, correct? In my experience, g++ is extremely memory-hungry. If you do not have much physical RAM, your swap performance may be a bottleneck. YMMV, of course, and be happy that you are compiling for an IA32 machine, not an Alpha or a PowerPC :-). -- Henry House The attached file is a digital signature. See <http://romana.hajhouse.org/pgp> for information. My OpenPGP key: <http://romana.hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>.
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