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

[Donald Allen]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> 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 disabled at
> > configuration time.
>
> This is normal and ignorable.


 Yes -- I just started gnucash on a Linux system (Gentoo) and got the same
message.

>
>
> > 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.


It's possible that there is a FreeBSD-specific problem, as you say, but
again, I emphasize that I am not seeing any difference, at least
qualitatively, in the gnucash startup time on either of the machines I
mentioned that I have just migrated to FreeBSD (they ran Gentoo Linux
before). I am seeing nothing like a startup time of 2 minutes. I concede
that in the absence of careful measurement, it's possible that the speed of
my machines is masking the problem (while the TP G41 is no speed demon by
today's standards -- it's vintage 2005 -- it's probably quite a bit faster
than the Acer, with a 3 Ghz processor and a 7200 rpm disk).

/Don



>
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> >   Tony
>
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