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used instead.</para>
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<para>The SBU measure works as follows. The first package to be compiled
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- from this book is Binutils in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>. The
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+ from this book is binutils in <xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/>. The
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time it takes to compile this package is what will be referred to as the
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Standard Build Unit or SBU. All other compile times will be expressed relative
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to this time.</para>
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<para>For example, consider a package whose compilation time is 4.5
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SBUs. This means that if a system took 10 minutes to compile and
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- install the first pass of Binutils, it will take
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+ install the first pass of binutils, it will take
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<emphasis>approximately</emphasis> 45 minutes to build this example package.
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- Fortunately, most build times are shorter than the one for Binutils.</para>
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+ Fortunately, most build times are shorter than the one for binutils.</para>
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<para>In general, SBUs are not entirely accurate because they depend on many
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factors, including the host system's version of GCC. They are provided here
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compilation time for a package can be reduced by performing a "parallel
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make" by either setting an environment variable or telling the
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<command>make</command> program how many processors are available. For
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- instance, a Core2Duo can support two simultaneous processes with:</para>
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+ instance, an Intel i5-6500 COU can support four simultaneous processes with:</para>
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- <screen role="nodump"><userinput>export MAKEFLAGS='-j 2'</userinput></screen>
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+ <screen role="nodump"><userinput>export MAKEFLAGS='-j4'</userinput></screen>
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<para>or just building with:</para>
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- <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make -j2</userinput></screen>
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+ <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make -j4</userinput></screen>
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<para>When multiple processors are used in this way, the SBU units in the
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book will vary even more than they normally would. In some cases, the make
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