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Date:      Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:15:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make world question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980306111313.26185C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980306020511.11701A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>

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On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> > > So here's my question: would make buildworld or make installworld choke up
> > > badly if I put the object dir ${WORLDTMP} under usr/src?

> > Your performance would probably go down the tube, but I couldn't see why
> > it wouldn't work; the subdirs are hardwired.

> Why would my performance go down the tube?

Putting the object files and source files on the same disk causes
contention for the disk device, hurting build times.  It's best to have
src and obj on different disks.  This applies generally for simultaneous
access for other instances, ie databases. Of course this only applies to
SCSI, IDE doesn't support disks doing their own things independently. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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