From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Oct 05 11:48:54 2020 Received: (at 43802) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Oct 2020 15:48:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50262 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kPSjO-0003qt-1e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:48:54 -0400 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.34]:34030) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kPSjL-0003qg-SZ for 43802@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:48:52 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DE4920E62; Mon, 5 Oct 2020 15:48:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at emo06-pco.easydns.vpn Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (emo06-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nzEVa7iCxBXc; Mon, 5 Oct 2020 15:48:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop (unknown [108.162.141.195]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 101F721F58; Mon, 5 Oct 2020 15:48:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Simon South To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: bug#43802: Knot: Linker runs very slowly and crashes during build References: <87a6x1g17f.fsf@simonsouth.net> <878scledol.fsf@simonsouth.net> <875z7oae3z.fsf@nckx> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:44:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <875z7oae3z.fsf@nckx> (Tobias Geerinckx-Rice's message of "Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:26:08 +0200") Message-ID: <87o8lgbrtq.fsf@simonsouth.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 43802 Cc: 43802@debbugs.gnu.org, Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Would it make sense to provide a faster-building slower-starting Knot > variant alongside the main package? I'm inclined to say "no", especially if we assume a substitute will (nearly always) be available. Unless someone is hacking on the scanner directly it ought to be safe to add "--disable-fastparser" to dns.scm temporarily during testing, then remove it before submitting a patch. If it isn't then probably _that_ is the bug to be fixed. > What I didn't know was that these generated C files were included in > the release tarball. We have the Ragel, we can rebuild them, and we > now do so in commit 2b73e50c31a61b5dcef35a1e4b9484d9dbcb0fbc. Neat! -- Simon South simon@simonsouth.net