Hmm. Correction. Running a "build.sh build" will take about a week. 
Running with "release" instead will take longer. I have no idea how much 
longer since I've never tried it...
It will definitely add a few more days.

	Johnny

Johnny Billquist wrote:
> You really don't want to do that, Ragge... ;-)
> It takes about a week on the 8650 here. That's about 10 times the speed 
> of the 11/750. Given that, it would take about 10 weeks. But the margin 
> of error is big, so it could just as well be 15...
> 
>     Johnny
> 
> ragge@ludd.luth.se wrote:
> 
>>> Johnny Billquist writes:
>>>
>>>> But for my purposes, my fix will do. I want it to compile, and 
>>>> obviously the VAX keeps getting less and less interest, so I'm not 
>>>> holding my breath for it to get fixed any other way.
>>>> I suspect before long, the VAX won't even be supported any more. 
>>>> It's been several years since you last could run build.sh from start 
>>>> to finish on a native build on a VAX.
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually... ===> Summary of results:
>>>         build.sh command: ./build.sh -U -u -o -V 
>>> MAKECONF=/u3/builds/mk.conf -D /u3/builds/build.vax/install -R 
>>> /u3/builds/build.vax/release -T /u3/builds/build.vax/tools release
>>>         build.sh started: Sun Nov 27 15:15:16 UTC 2005
>>>         MACHINE:          vax
>>>         MACHINE_ARCH:     vax
>>>         TOOLDIR path:     /u3/builds/build.vax/tools
>>>         DESTDIR path:     /u3/builds/build.vax/install
>>>         RELEASEDIR path:  /u3/builds/build.vax/release
>>>         makewrapper:      /u3/builds/build.vax/tools/bin/nbmake-vax
>>>         Updated /u3/builds/build.vax/tools/bin/nbmake-vax
>>>         Successful make release
>>>         build.sh started: Sun Nov 27 15:15:16 UTC 2005
>>>         build.sh ended:   Sat Dec  3 00:41:13 UTC 2005
>>> ===> .
>>>
>>
>> Whee :-)  When I built the NetBSD 1.2 release, it was on an 11/780.
>> Compiling the system took 11 days + 2 days for gzipping the files :-)
>> I thought it was slow to build back then, but now it closes up to a
>> week on one of the fastest machines available.  I'm wondering how long 
>> time a build would take on the 11/750 I have here? :-)
>>
>> -- Ragge
>>
> 

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