Parallel ./configure
Published on: 2025-08-07 07:19:56
2025-04-25 Tavian Barnes GitHub
I'm sorry, but in the year 2025, this is ridiculous:
$ time ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether sleep supports fractional seconds... yes checking filesystem timestamp resolution... 0.01 checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking xargs -n works... yes checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking for leaf optimisation... yes checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accep
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