Walter Parker <[email protected]> writes: > For decades there has always been a warning not to do parallel builds of > the kernel or the world (Linux kernel builds also suggest not to do this). > > Every once in a while, I see people post about 5 minutes. This only way I > can see this happening is by doing a parallel build (-j 16 on a Xeon > Monster box). > > Are parallel builds safe? If not, what are actual risk factors and can they > be mitigated?
As a general rule, it's safe. But don't report failures from a parallel build. This is not so much an issue of parallel builds being unsupported as of the logs being harder to read. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
