kernel compile times (was: SGI workstation sequence)

[Richard]

In article <471E85C0.4050703 at gmail.com>,
    Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>  writes:

> My compile on the VAXstation 2000 was at least a few days.  Maybe a week.

Are we talking *just* the kernel here, or are we talking compiling a
full distribution (all the utility programs, shell programs, X server,
X clients, etc.).

I have a really hard time believing it takes a few days *just* to
compile the kernel.  Toss in the huge pile of additional programs
accessible from the shell or the X Window System and now we're talking
believable.
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