ar - slower .a creation time time after switch from 2.32 to 2.35

[Howard Chu]

onehalf3544 via Binutils wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> After updating the toolchain (for gcc 9.2.1->9.3.1), overall build
> time has increased twofold. It was found out that .a creation now
> takes way more time than before. The ar versions are 2.32 (old,
> "faster" one) and 2.35 (new, "slower" one).
> The target is x86_64, nothing fancy.
> 
> Is this a known issue, perhaps? Haven't found anything relevant unfortunately (
> 
> If no, how do I debug this? No idea where to start...

Compile it with profiling info, use gprof to see where the time is being spent, etc.
> 
> Thanks.
> 


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