from macports.conf # Lowered scheduling priority to use for commands run during configure, # build, and destroot. Accepted values are 0 (normal priority) through # 20 (lowest priority). #buildnicevalue 0
check out Apple command line utility: pmset noidle On Aug 20, 2015, at 3:13 PM, Jean-François Caron wrote: > 1) I want ports to build in parallel when possible, but I’d like to select a > maximum number of cores assigned to the job. My CPU has 8 cores with > hyperthreading, and when upgrading e.g. clang, my OS and apps are seriously > laggy. If could limit the number of cores assigned to the job, I’m guessing > this wouldn’t happen. According to my Googles, my only option is to disable > parallel builds entirely. Would it be feasible to add an extra option like > “buildmaxcores” or something? > 2) Since my OS is unusable during long builds, I walk away from the computer, > but then it goes to sleep the build is paused. The current advice is to get > a non-macports app called Caffeine to do some magic, or write a custom port > wrapper to use pmset noidle before and after the port command. This should > be an option in the MacPorts configuration somewhere, one shouldn’t have to > resort to 3rd-party apps or scripting to get user-friendiness out of MacPorts. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
