{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec { pname = "multitime"; version = "1.4"; src = fetchFromGitHub { owner = "ltratt"; repo = pname; rev = "${pname}-${version}"; sha256 = "1p6m4gyy6dw7nxnpsk32qiijagmiq9vwch0fbc25qvmybwqp8qc0"; }; nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ]; meta = { description = "Time command execution over multiple executions"; longDescription = '' Unix's `time` utility is a simple and often effective way of measuring how long a command takes to run. Unfortunately, running a command once can give misleading timings: the process may create a cache on its first execution, running faster subsequently; other processes may cause the command to be starved of CPU or IO time; etc. It is common to see people run `time` several times and take whichever values they feel most comfortable with. Inevitably, this causes problems. `multitime` is, in essence, a simple extension to time which runs a command multiple times and prints the timing means (with confidence intervals), standard deviations, minimums, medians, and maximums having done so. This can give a much better understanding of the command's performance. ''; license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit; homepage = "https://tratt.net/laurie/src/multitime/"; platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix; }; }