On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:01:30 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > Running MAKEOPTS="-j1" as default on a multi-core processor seems an > > awful waste of resources, unless it is needed for something else, in > > which case I don't run emerge at all. > > Running around for a few hours trying to replicate an unreplicatable > build failure is even more of a waste.
That depends on the number of cores you have. On a dual core system this may well be true, although I'd dispute even that. % cat /etc/portage/package.env/* | grep -c -e j4 -e j1 4 Four packages out of the 1730 installed on this computer require special treatment, and all of them build with -j4. -- Neil Bothwick Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"
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