From 8e9144341c6169abd2fa6ec20343e3152534b38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 00:32:47 +0000
Subject: local.mk.sample: add a hint for TMPDIR

It makes tests run significantly faster on a beefy box.
---
 local.mk.sample | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'local.mk.sample')

diff --git a/local.mk.sample b/local.mk.sample
index 64089f2..7180bbd 100644
--- a/local.mk.sample
+++ b/local.mk.sample
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 RSYNC = rsync
 DLEXT := so
 
+# if you have a decent amount of RAM, setting TMPDIR to be on tmpfs
+# can significantly improve performance because uploads take a lot
+# of disk I/O due to the rewindability requirement in Rack.
+# TMPDIR := /dev/shm
+# export TMPDIR
+
 # Avoid loading rubygems to speed up tests because gmake is
 # fork+exec heavy with Ruby.
 prefix = $(HOME)
-- 
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