Re: [Fink-devel] pythons slow on startup

2006-12-19 Thread Jeff Whitaker
Sebastien Maret wrote: > Kurt Schwehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I have two mac boxes... on my G5 machine, all pythons >> are slow to start: >> >> time python2.4 -c "pass" >> >> real0m2.726s >> >> time /usr/bin/python -c "pass" >> >> real0m2.909s >> user0m0.023s >> sys 0

Re: [Fink-devel] pythons slow on startup

2006-12-19 Thread Sebastien Maret
Kurt Schwehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have two mac boxes... on my G5 machine, all pythons > are slow to start: > > time python2.4 -c "pass" > > real0m2.726s > > time /usr/bin/python -c "pass" > > real0m2.909s > user0m0.023s > sys 0m2.719s > > But on my G4 laptop I get a rea

Re: [Fink-devel] pythons slow on startup

2006-12-19 Thread Charles Lepple
This is just a stab in the dark (no, I don't know how to get more detail from ktrace/kdump), but could some of the system .pyc files be out of date wrt the .py files? Also, what if you try it with a minimal $PATH? Any DYLD_* environment variables set? You can also try fs_usage to compare filesys

Re: [Fink-devel] pythons slow on startup

2006-12-19 Thread Neil Tiffin
On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:06 AM, Kurt Schwehr wrote: > Hi All, > > I have two mac boxes... on my G5 machine, all pythons > are slow to start: > > time python2.4 -c "pass" > > real0m2.726s > > time /usr/bin/python -c "pass" > > real0m2.909s > user0m0.023s > sys 0m2.719s > > But on my

[Fink-devel] pythons slow on startup

2006-12-19 Thread Kurt Schwehr
Hi All, I have two mac boxes... on my G5 machine, all pythons are slow to start: time python2.4 -c "pass" real0m2.726s time /usr/bin/python -c "pass" real0m2.909s user0m0.023s sys 0m2.719s But on my G4 laptop I get a real time of 0.09-0.15s which is much more acceptable, but