Re: Etcupdate runtime has more than doubled....Why?

David Wolfskill <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.current
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 11:34:39AM -0700, bob prohaska wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 11:00:56AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
> ...
> > etcupdate has the option:
> > 
> > 
> > -B            Do not build generated files in a private object tree.
> ...
> > What was the context-status and use vs. not for -B ?
> 
> There's only one /usr/obj on the system.
> 
> The buildworld command used was
> make -j3   KERNCONF=GENERIC  TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armv7 buildworld
> and the etcupdate command following buildworld was
> etcupdate -p
> 
> After installing world and kernel, etcupdate runs again as
> etcupdate
> 
> Might using etcupdate -B in the second invocation be a remedy?
> ....

I have used -B with etcupdate since migrating from mergemaster to
etcupdate; I am tracking stable (currently, 15) and head daily on a
handful of machines, and have not seen the cited slowdown.

It would seem to be worth an experiment.

Peace,
david
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David H. Wolfskill                              [email protected]

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