From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.pbcl.net ([88.198.119.4] helo=hetzner.pbcl.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QhieM-00071b-EF for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:41:50 +0200 Received: from cambridge.roku.com ([81.142.160.137] helo=[172.30.1.145]) by hetzner.pbcl.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QhiaV-0007Ce-T3 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:37:52 +0200 From: Phil Blundell To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:37:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1310736662.20015.1232.camel@rex> References: <1310736662.20015.1232.camel@rex> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.2- Message-ID: <1310737071.3805.38.camel@phil-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Performance datapoint - impact of static libs X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:41:50 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > So static libs add an extra ~30mins of processing (7%) and ~5 mins to > the overall build time. Not as much of a gain as I'd have liked but > interesting none the less. Do you know how many packages actually respect the --disable-static flag? I don't think (e)glibc does, for example, which is a bit of a shame since it obviously has one of the largest build times. p.