[Nix-dev] Re: Stdenv compilation times

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl>
writes:

> A six hour compilation time for a small dependency of GCC is rather much -

[...]

> So I propose disabling "make check" in PPL.

As you know GCC is the dependency of about all of Nixpkgs.  To me it
makes a lot of sense to spend an effort having the core development
tools well tested by default.

> Another issue related to PPL: because it links against libgcc_s.so, it causes
> GCC to have a runtime dependency on bootstrap-tools.  That should be fixed.  (It
> increases the closure of stdenv by 40 MB or so...)  Lluís proposed doing a
> static build of gmp and PPL, which should solve the problem.

Indeed, I wasn’t aware of that.  I guess static linking is the only
option, right?

> BTW, it's not entirely clear whether Graphite is currently all that useful

[...]

I’d think otherwise, but I guess you’re more likely to get a
constructive discussion at gcc at gcc.gnu.org.

Thanks,
Ludo’.