Looking for speed increases in "make index" and pkg_version for ports

[Garrett Cooper]

Garrett Cooper wrote:
> Mike Meyer wrote:
>> In <465AB421.10802 at dlr.de>, Hartmut Brandt <hartmut.brandt at dlr.de> typed:
>>> 1. make and its sub-makes for a) reading the file; b) parsing the file
>>> (note that .if and .for processing is done while parsing); c) processing
>>> targets.
>>
>> Make and submakes have been gone over already. See <URL:
>> http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/books/rmch/ >.
>>
>> I'm not sure it can be applied to the ports tree, though. I haven't
>> looked into it, but recalled this paper when you mentioned measuring
>> makes and sub-makes.
>>
>>     <mike
> 
> Reducing the number of variables will certainly cut down on the amount 
> of overhead in the make/submake context switches by a long shot.
> 
> Maybe someone should consider running a 'pre-make' using the .mk files, 
> find the variables of interest for all particular sub-ports, and then 
> carry on the 'root make', i.e. make process in each port directory, with 
> just the variables of interest.
> 
> -Garrett

s/long shot/possibly a lot/g

Also, I was thinking in particular of the X.Org 7.2 packages, because 
the bulk majority of the packages are smaller, and compile in a short 
amount of time.

-Garrett