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Subject: RE: Can I speed up running "configure" script?
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 16:37:58 +0100
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Ravenik wrote:
> I type "./configure" in xterm to configure package. The script runs
> very slowly - above 40 minutes. I suppose it should run faster on the=20
> E8400 2x3GHz CPU. Can I speed up / boost this ? Windows Task Manager=20
> shows "idle" process takes ~70%. Sorry if the question is stupid, I=20
> am beginner at cygwin.
> Host is Vista Home Premium 32, and cygwin is 1.5.25-15.

Usually, when something takes this long, is not using 100% CPU, but is
nevertheless progressing, it's because of network timeouts.

Is it possible that you have a reference to a non-existent network=20
share in your PATH?

If not, you could try identifying where configure is spending its time=20
by adding "set -x" near the top of the script (without the quotes, and=20
after the line starting "#!".)  That will slow things down even more,=20
but as the output scrolls by, you might spot it taking longer than=20
you'd expect somewhere.

If you don't get anywhere, please follow the instructions here:
> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
particularly the bit about *attaching* the output from "cygcheck -svr"

You might also check whether you're suffering from BLODA.  See
  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda
and
  http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA


Phil
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