[Boost-testing] Python slow while building under FreeBSD (trunk regression test)

From: Brook Milligan (brook_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-20 12:10:15

Jim Bell writes:
 > Here's the current state of the matter: bjam consumes CPU as one would
 > expect until it hits the python part. Then it appears to make very little
 > progress for hours, but eventually completes. The total trunk regression
 > test takes five hours on an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.61 GHz.

As another data point, it seems that the regression tests take about
six hours to complete on my uniprocessor NetBSD test systems.  I have
not looked into how that time is divided among the different
libraries, but python does compile successfully.

Cheers,
Brook