Re: CVS commit: src/external/gpl3

[Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>]

On 26.03.2020 17:49, Robert Elz wrote:
>     Date:        Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:28:18 +0100
>     From:        Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <84460ebb-b4bf-f3ee-e51b-e27d0b6e2ab3%gmx.com@localhost>
>
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>   | That is negligible cost of getting TMPDIR propagated to most programs.
>
> Sure, it isn't much, for one program, but when you're running tens of
> thousands, it all adds up.
>

It's still negligible for hundreds of millions calls.

Modern CPUs like Ryzen Threadripper 3990X can execute that extra amount
of instructions (around 600) in a single clock cycle.

If we want to optimize exec(), there would be better places to do so.

But nonetheless, I'm trying to fix it un GCC without TMPDIR.