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Date:      Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:55:52 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: Atlas compilation
Message-ID:  <20041013185552.GA91705@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041013172139.GA12693@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:21:39AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:54:09AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 07:38:44AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 08:48:56AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 03:05:20PM +0200, Toyotoshy wrote:
> > > > > Hallo evrybody,
> > > > > I'm just a newbie and I'm trying to compile /usr/ports/math/atlas
> > > > > Compilation started 6 hours ago and:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > du /usr/ports/math/atlas
> > > > > ....
> > > > > 360160  /usr/ports/math/atlas
> > > > >=20
> > > > > isn't it a bit too much time and space?
> > > >=20
> > > > No, it's an enormous port.  Depending on how slow your machine is, =
it
> > > > may take days to build, or it could be as little as 24 hours.
> > >=20
> > > Yes, not only does it do a lot of things, but since it is
> > > Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software, it actually compiles
> > > several versions of each function and runs microbenchmarks on them to
> > > determine which one to use.  Ideally, you should build it when the
> > > system is nearly idle to avoid perturbing the results.
> >=20
> > Hmm, that probably means the package is useless, right?
>=20
> Not entirely given the build time, but certainly if you want to use it
> seriously, the package isn't all that useful.

*grumble* The build time is what annoys me too since it's longer than
the build time for the entire rest of the package collection (modulo
openoffice) :)

Kris

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