From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 13:01:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E5E1065697 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:01:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ansarm@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B38E8FC19 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:01:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ansarm@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id c8so234798wra.27 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:01:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:references :in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index:content-language; bh=LFB6Fk9rGyguGjlOaOemuPUquFWpr9GTZFD1m5UzevI=; b=IKL/2LQcKuxQE+/F30GzbnSPZ34aev+7y3a6/yVuFUaCezAvCUtJkzNRs5GJNXFyB4 e9g30+ZzYgSlUURYZg0Awyq6wU45VjV070fns45sV36x7U3gBZsIG3NhHc3LTZNpM1cP AHHajwV1PhtirJzFHC1c3Davtaprq4HMZpBzw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :thread-index:content-language; b=sGCVgSsVq5VbBxSmlJlnCqp9e9R6bZqlAuBfD+ICCeiBTzxjfjB+ZnidXl460lL0es KhdmPRXh+A9XCf0zKI+yJ/jzM4C+wE4ONQi2eYuxVfY6NR4UWFCFEucoyzWM/l/0Ea1u NEA1xOkDuFmn4sO9YX+EsWiPrpIt99CBjFFic= Received: by 10.65.188.2 with SMTP id q2mr5414538qbp.35.1223730112301; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:01:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ansarmm2 (206-248-188-123.dsl.teksavvy.com [206.248.188.123]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm5252824qbw.2.2008.10.11.06.01.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:01:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ansar Mohammed" To: "'Jeremy Chadwick'" References: <047701c92b4e$512236d0$f366a470$@com> <20081011095851.GA57170@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081011095851.GA57170@icarus.home.lan> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:01:50 -0400 Message-ID: <04b301c92ba1$8704fd70$950ef850$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Ackrh/eEo6+6BxVkR02W+/5dKGLGYgAGXdiQ Content-Language: en-ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: proflibs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:01:53 -0000 Are they needed for compiling anything from ports? > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Chadwick [mailto:koitsu@FreeBSD.org] > Sent: October 11, 2008 5:59 AM > To: Ansar Mohammed > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: proflibs > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:06:11PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote: > > Can anyone explain what are the proflibs on the install media, and > what they > > are for? > > They're special versions of all the libraries that come with FreeBSD > which contain profiling code (code for determining the amount of time > spent within or between two functions). > > They're for developers. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |