Re: [TEST] make -j patch

From: Doug White <dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:05:56 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>
> This patch makes the '-j' argument to make(1) become a global limit
> on number of jobs launched for all submakes in the build.
>
> Today a "make -j 12" may start many more than 12 jobs because each
> submake interprets the 12 without reference to other makes.

Ah, this is the thing I've noticed with the rescue build where it create
-j^2 jobs. :)

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Received on Tue Nov 16 2004 - 19:05:56 UTC

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