I do the 32bit sparc packages builds. We hvae a cluster of 5 machines, and they take roughly 3 weeks to build if there are no crashes or other issues. Right now thought, not all machines are able to build, so it will be closer to 5 weeks.
On 2015 Apr 05 (Sun) at 00:23:38 -0400 (-0400), ian kremlin wrote: :Hello tech! : :A friend is borrowing one of my machines to build the entire pkgsrc :tree, a task that entails compiling more than 15k individual programs. :This has taken 3 days, even on my modern and prepared amd64 machine! (to :my surprise). This has me curious: : : :Every OpenBSD release includes an immediately-accessible source for :prebuilt binary packages, meaning a similar feat involving building an :entire tree of ports must be performed. How is this handled on platforms :like vax or hppa? How long does it take using ostensibly decades-old :machines? : : :Ian : -- The years of peak mental activity are undoubtedly between the ages of four and eighteen. At four we know all the questions, at eighteen all the answers.
