Slow startup on FreeBSD 7.1 + main: binreloc relocation support was diabled at configuration time

[Derek Atkins]

Antonio Rieser <tonyrieser at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I just installed GnuCash 2.2.7, guile 1.8.5, slib 3a4, and libtool 1.5.26,
> libltdl ?  (all the latest ports cvsup) on FreeBSD 7.1 on an Acer Aspire
> 1680 (laptop).  When I start gnucash, I get the following error:
>
> gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was diabled at
> configuration time.

This is normal and ignorable.

> It then takes a VERY long time (~2 minutes) before I see the gnucash tip of
> the day and intro image.  The tip of the day then takes another ~1 minute
> before it will respond to a mouse-click.
>
> After a little googling, it seems that slow starting was a known problem on
> earlier versions of FreeBSD, but should have been fixed with the patches
> that came with the port.
>
> Any help would be heartily appreciated.

Frankly, you should ask on the FreeBSD lists..  This is a FreeBSD-only
problem, probably with the runtime linker.

> Thanks,
>
>   Tony

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-derek

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