Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56])
	by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps
 (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
	(Exim 4.92)
	(envelope-from <pgsql-hackers-owner+archive@lists.postgresql.org>)
	id 1kiHcB-0003Tt-Iw
	for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:47:15 +0000
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org)
	by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92)
	(envelope-from <pgsql-hackers-owner+archive@lists.postgresql.org>)
	id 1kiHcA-0003G4-Hd
	for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:47:14 +0000
Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229])
	by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
	(Exim 4.92)
	(envelope-from <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
	id 1kiHc9-0003Fi-M7
	for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:47:14 +0000
Received: from wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.19])
	by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
	(Exim 4.92)
	(envelope-from <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
	id 1kiHc7-00087D-FZ
	for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:47:12 +0000
Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42])
	by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBBB716DD;
	Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:47:09 -0500 (EST)
Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163])
  by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:47:09 -0500
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=
	messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type
	:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:subject:to
	:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=
	fm1; bh=zBtH6FF3ZufTsOdfkGEjsWi6hraHIPQZxJqDf/knXsA=; b=UwxaB/Az
	2FHj9PRkZVeKqf3iZVreoI2Wc9CK4PGME3Er7a6gGPYxKIw/ySfwuQ/UiX8hlLeP
	Powz6Ke8kDNLoz0X3T4mKtcCOmZdlikn7J2JqMNSpTl2qglqZ4wDnoHkkgj+8ZP1
	Nof/szzy+NBli6FfRaH95Qhaa0njkrYgYFiukVebRZ+Otqz1Rg86BWPmddCvYgVz
	jb/Ojn4bOG1XVPXNRKskjr6LH1sx/Xyw2Yp67uvcS2c4ZI2LTBd0tM+aL2g/HEyg
	CDEMwYcUKv5tOUcsEGGGhb3ckyEMeP2SWdrSbn5Amj5cA/LctKkd+aTlXQjMZGIy
	8EYmO4pWfvWkaQ==
X-ME-Sender: <xms:3bG_XwcdoS66rl8zsHk6eYC8f9a-BPslDeB_etzKd-eB3TgXRlhQYA>
    <xme:3bG_XyPCF7fer88OU7j1ILHRjTuEyNcgZoXOX3_h3UR8CfStVbTCF1XJXFKqHe0ov
    O3cic5D4_VMs707Hw>
X-ME-Proxy-Cause: 
 gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrudehvddgheejucetufdoteggodetrfdotf
    fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen
    uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkgggtugfgjggfsehtke
    ertddtredunecuhfhrohhmpeetlhhvrghrohcujfgvrhhrvghrrgcuoegrlhhvhhgvrhhr
    vgesrghlvhhhrdhnohdqihhprdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeeufffhjeeiue
    euffegvddukeegledtveeivdeiueefieeivefgteehueefteehvdenucfkphepudeltddr
    leehrddukedrjeelnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilh
    hfrhhomheprghlvhhhvghrrhgvsegrlhhvhhdrnhhoqdhiphdrohhrgh
X-ME-Proxy: <xmx:3bG_XxhzLZdJPDKQoNLczLSdc5PbsAiNxOhM1nDaL8LQ4B_imMS6sg>
    <xmx:3bG_X1_9xGLAsCsvuCKQVuUK94uFxHPFdqqHCbHjlwV5KI2I7kJtzQ>
    <xmx:3bG_X8v_Wjsx1N3qnkV6mlun9C0S21gHWHT7HOU-lXTeI2LwHi098w>
    <xmx:3bG_X66BHysQFsh2XRBDfCLwQfuTtek8yaGG8ZXmsUw4ficcWXwzNA>
Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (unknown [190.95.18.79])
	by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EC1633064AA6;
	Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:47:08 -0500 (EST)
Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id 832F32A0AE3; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:47:06 -0300 (-03)
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:47:06 -0300
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: Paul =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=F6rster?= <paul.foerster@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: configure and DocBook XML
Message-ID: <20201126134706.GA5178@alvherre.pgsql>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
In-Reply-To: <A55A7FC9-FA60-47FE-98B5-139CDC57CE6E@gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13)
List-Id: <pgsql-hackers.lists.postgresql.org>
List-Help: <https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.postgresql.org/manage/>
List-Post: <mailto:pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
List-Owner: <mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@lists.postgresql.org>
List-Archive: <https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgsql-hackers>
Precedence: bulk

On 2020-Nov-26, Paul Förster wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I always compile PostgreSQL from source and never install a pre-compiled package. When I run configure, the last check, which is for DocBook XML always takes very long compared to all others. It's about 15 to 20 secs or so. I noticed that with many configure scripts, not only the one of PostgreSQL. Why is that?

My guess is that it's related to trying to obtain stylesheets from
remote Internet locations that are missing locally.