On 3/22/02 2:59 AM, "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 21 Mar 2002, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I assume that ant is not made to take advantage of a multi-processor >> box, > > Ant isn't doing too many things that could take advantage of multiple > processors - it doesn't compile itself but uses your JDK's javac (you > know that 8-) which won't take advantage of multiple processors for > example. > > If there are things in your build process that can be done in > parallel, you can use Ant's <parallel> task (Ant >= 1.4) and run them > in parallel. This should take advantage of multiple processors if > your JVM uses native threads. > > If you put <javac> inside <parallel>, make sure you fork new processes > though as Sun's javac code doesn't seem to be thread-safe. > Woo hoo! This is exactly what I was going to do to ant - I have a dual proc mac, and wanted my builds to go even faster... -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting You're going to end up getting pissed at your software anyway, so you might as well not pay for it. Try Open Source. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
