groan: installation

Sun Nov 3 15:21:00 GMT 2002

> > See the `u' flag in (binutils) ar. Is ar the speed-limiting step?
>> At least when I do an incremental build (ie change one .cc file and
> recompile), yes, the 'ar' invocation to construct libgcj.a is by far
> the most time-consuming step. It also causes my machine to grind to a
> halt, which is frustrating if I'm trying to do something else with a
> build in the background.

I get the same thing but also with the install.sh calls. In my case
the installation is copying a file from one filesystem to another so
the disc driver is getting involved there, I guess that's why it's
slow.
Nic