[Mageia-dev] Is mageia a bit slow?

Thu Jan 19 13:39:10 CET 2012

'Twas brillig, and Donald Stewart at 19/01/12 09:00 did gyre and gimble:
+> On 19 January 2012 08:37, Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud at gmail.com> wrote:
+>> 2012/1/19 Michel Catudal <michelcatudal at gmail.com>:
+>>>> Are you sure you're using a comparable build environement, meaning similar
+>>>> harware and similar file system, and you're not comparing an nfs-mounted
+>>>> homedir versus a local ssd, for instance ?
+>>>
+>>> Same hard disk, same PC
+>>>
+>>> spec file almost identical except that I have --with-system-zlib configure
+>>> section on Scientific Linux and
+>>> Release:       1%{?dist}  instead of Release:       %mkrel 2
+>>
+>> But the compilation flags are obviously different.
+>> (set by rpm-mageia-setup-build on mga)
+>> What ar those on the 2 differents OS?
+> 
+> I cant say how much of a significant baring it will have, but my hdd
+> has vastly varying read speeds depending on where the system is. The
+> space at the end of the drive is far far slower that the space at the
+> start. I guess that this could lead to some discrepancies.
+> 
+> But as others say, the flags are more likely.
+
+Things like ccache from previous compilations can also make a *huge*
+difference to compile times.
+
+Col
+
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