glibc test time regression after gawk update

[arnold@skeeve.com]

Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:

> > Florian,
> >
> > Any updates on this issue?
>
> Not yet.  I need to extract the test data and see if I can glean
> anything using a profiler.
>
> Note that this is purely a performance regression.  Functionality does
> not appear to be impacted.
>
> Thanks,
> Florian

Ah. I thought I understood differently.

You might try rebuilding gawk with

	configure --enable-O3

and see if performance is better.

Also note that there is an important fix given in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gawk/2026-02/msg00041.html

An additional fix that likely doesn't affect you is in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gawk/2026-02/msg00023.html

Thanks,

Arnold