On Sun, Apr 05, 2015 at 12:23:38AM -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?
Pending hardware & kernel reliability.. have some numbers: macppc: 3 hosts (Xserve G4, 2 MP running SP), around 15 days for ~8400 pkgs alpha: 2 hosts (DS20L MP running SP + DS10L), around 18/20 days for ~6900 pkgs sparc64: 3 SP hosts (2 v210 +, 1 v215), around 17 days for ~8300 pkgs hppa: 2 MP hosts (J6000 + J6700), around 9/10 days for ~6700 pkgs Landry
