Bug#397123: [Buildd-tools-devel] Bug#397123: sbuild: wish there was a way to disable watches

[Roger Leigh]

Santiago Vila <sanvila at unex.es> writes:

> On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Roger Leigh wrote:
>
>> tags 397123 + patch
>> thanks
>> 
>> Santiago Vila <sanvila at unex.es> writes:
>> 
>> > The check_watches() function is disk-intensive on flaky systems like
>> > the Hurd, but even on robust machines, sbuild could go even faster if
>> > there was a way to disable it (sometimes, some people want to build as
>> > many packages as possible in as little time as possible).
>> 
>> That's a good idea.  Does something like the following (untested)
>> patch work for you?
>
> Yes, I've just tested it, and it works. Thanks!

Just another thought.  Do you have a %watches hash in your sbuild.conf
or .sbuildrc?  If so, does commenting it out or making it empty have
the same effect?


Thanks,
Roger

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