Date:	Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:35:17 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	infinity girl <entropic AT mpx DOT com DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: mcount, and gprof
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, infinity girl wrote:

> >         strings libc.a | find "DJGPP libc built"
> > 
> > (This assumes DOS version of FIND!)
> 
> thanks, i tried that, and the build date was October 31 1996.

This means you have DJGPP v2.01.  The version of mcount included with 
v2.01 had a bug which indeed would slow down the profiling code 
tremendously (or even crash it); see section 13.2 of the DJGPP FAQ list 
for details.

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