[cfe-dev] too slow to build clang

Sebastian Redl sebastian.redl at getdesigned.at
Mon Jan 19 13:13:28 PST 2009


Douglas Gregor wrote:
>
> Clang and LLVM are relatively large, so it does take some time to
> compile them. The biggest issue is often memory: does your VMware
> virtual machine have at least 1 GB memory?
>
And more! My computer has 1GB of memory, and the linker always started
swapping like crazy - took about 5-6 minutes to link Clang. I upgraded
to 3GB, and now it takes 30 seconds.

Sebastian



More information about the cfe-dev mailing list