Re: [HACKERS] Compile timing

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> Someone mentioned that it took them quite a while to compile the
> PostgreSQL code.  My wallclock time is 3:52 for a compile with -O1 using
> gcc 2.7.2.1.  This is on a dual-PII 350MHz running BSD/OS 4.01.

Someone is me.  Someone only has a Pentium 133 with 256K L2 cache and
32MB RAM.  Someone is also running KDE/X on this laptop.  

Using egcs 1.1.2 under Linux 2.2.5.(RedHat 6.0).

You have a machine that is 5 times faster than mine.  Also, this is more
than a compile -- this is a whole sequence of events -- cleaning out the
old build directory, unpacking the tarball, applying patches,
configure;make;make install, some other sequences of events, and then
cpio'ing and compressing to build several rpm's.  So, about two thirds
of the time is actually spent compiling, which is still a little slow
compared to your result.

If my machine compiled PostgreSQL as fast as yours, I'd be one happy
camper!

Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio