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Email, *id:"87mxg2ahh8.fsf@kepler.schwinge.homeip.net"* (bug-hurd, 2011-07-25,
Thomas Schwinge)

> Building a certain GCC configuration on a freshly booted system: 11 h.
> Remove build tree, build it again (2nd): 12 h 50 min.  Huh.  Remove build
> tree, reboot, build it again (1st): back to 11 h.  Remove build tree, build
> it again (2nd): 12 h 40 min.  Remove build tree, build it again (3rd): 15 h.

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-07-23

    < antrik> tschwinge: yes, the system definitely gets slower with
      time. after running for a couple of weeks, it needs at least twice as
      long to open a new shell for example
    < antrik> I don't know whether this is only related to swap usage, or there
      are some serious fragmentation issues
    < braunr> antrik: both could be induced by fragmentation