Re: Etcupdate runtime has more than doubled....Why?

From: bob prohaska <fbsd_at_www.zefox.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:22:33 UTC
On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 07:14:54PM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 1 Apr 2026, at 19:13, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > For some time now I've been using etcupdate on a self-hosting
> > armv7 (RPi2) system. Lately, the runtime for etcupdate after
> > a world/kernel update from source has seemingly more than doubled.
> 
> It's unfortunately not an April Fools joke, but I think it's due to the new LLVM_BINUTILS default, which can cause some stuff to get rebuilt during etcupdate. I am unsure if there is any PR or pending fix.
> 

If a workaround emerges is would be very helpful on a Pi2 !

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska