Comments on: Experimenting with build times http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2009/10/04/experimenting-with-build-times/ The odd parity bit Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:15:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RyanVM http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2009/10/04/experimenting-with-build-times/comment-page-1/#comment-46001 RyanVM Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:20:13 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/?p=187#comment-46001 Good to know about pymake. I've had to stop doing -j builds for awhile now due to the hanging issues on Vista. Good to know about pymake. I’ve had to stop doing -j builds for awhile now due to the hanging issues on Vista.

]]> By: Chris AtLee http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2009/10/04/experimenting-with-build-times/comment-page-1/#comment-45999 Chris AtLee Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:56:56 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/?p=187#comment-45999 Any ideas on how long a PGO build takes? Any ideas on how long a PGO build takes?

]]> By: tmielczarek http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2009/10/04/experimenting-with-build-times/comment-page-1/#comment-45998 tmielczarek Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:40:01 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/?p=187#comment-45998 I don't think the parallel build problems are problems in our build system, I think there's a bug in gmake or msys somewhere that makes it hang on Windows Vista/7. The fact that pymake works fine at -j10 seems to prove that. (Also people have been building Mozilla with huge -j values on Linux for quite some time.) We'll have to get those last two patches in and make it real easy for people to use pymake, given the parallel build problems on Windows. I don’t think the parallel build problems are problems in our build system, I think there’s a bug in gmake or msys somewhere that makes it hang on Windows Vista/7. The fact that pymake works fine at -j10 seems to prove that. (Also people have been building Mozilla with huge -j values on Linux for quite some time.)

We’ll have to get those last two patches in and make it real easy for people to use pymake, given the parallel build problems on Windows.

]]> By: Ed Avis http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2009/10/04/experimenting-with-build-times/comment-page-1/#comment-45997 Ed Avis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:43:10 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/?p=187#comment-45997 A feature I've always wanted in make is a --random flag that would randomize the build order (while still respecting dependencies). That would help to flush out the kind of makefile bugs that stop parallel builds from working. A feature I’ve always wanted in make is a –random flag that would randomize the build order (while still respecting dependencies). That would help to flush out the kind of makefile bugs that stop parallel builds from working.

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