Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:14:08 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Help [slow linking]
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On Tue, 23 Apr 1996 j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com wrote:

> >Are your link times slow?  How much time does the link stage take when
> >linking a trivial ``Hello world'' program?  (You can tell when the
> >link stage begins by invoking gcc with -v switch and watching when it
> >prints the line that calls ld.exe.)
> 
> I tried this, and combined with 'redir', it appears that out of the 12 seconds
> of compilation, ld takes between 4 and 6 seconds.  I don't know about
> anybody else, but this is fine for me.  :)  (this is using a 64k buffer)

That is normal speed.

> recreate the crash.  So far, I have stubedited the following programs to 64k:
> cpp.exe, cc1.exe, gcc.exe, gdb.exe, grep.exe, ld.exe, and make.exe.  I'll
> keep them that way and if I run into any further problems I'll post a report
> soonest.  :)

Please do.  None of these programs should have any problems with the 
enlarged transfer buffer.