> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:40:46 -0500
> From: Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]>
> To: BLFS Development List <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] ... r13828 - in trunk/BOOK: . introduction/welcome
> lxde/desktop
>
> Armin K. wrote:
>
> >>>> + <para>With this switch, parallel build is not supported. Use
> >>>> + <command>make -j1</command> if you have MAKEFLAGS set to value
> >> larger
> >>>> + than unity.</para>
>
> > Okay, thanks for the explanation, now it makes more sense. But I still
> > don't understand the word "unity" and how it fits in there.
>
> The word 'unity' is quite valid here, but for an international audience,
> the word 'one' would probably be better.
>
> u·ni·ty
> ??yo??on??t??/
> noun
> noun: unity
>
> 1. the state of being united or joined as a whole.
>
> 2. Mathematics British
> the number one.
>
Even in math, 'roots of unity' is about the only at-all common usage:
but even then, it's at least as often considered to be sounding archaic
and contrived (possibly also pretentious), and is instead expressed as
'roots of 1'.
So, definitely here "... larger than one.", and not "... larger than unity.";
and not "... larger than 1." .
("So, if we're all speaking as one - with a unity of voice - then let's
do it.", &c)
In related news ... there are 19 pins on the head of an angel ...
hth,
akh
> Origin Middle English: from Old French unite, from Latin unitas, from
> unus ???one.???
>
> -- Bruce
>
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