Michael Mol writes: > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll steal your 1.6 factor, and give: > > MAKEOPTS=-j <2*N> -l <1.6*N) > > PORTAGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs --load-average<1.6*N>" > > a try. > > Ah. Which file does PORTAGE_DEFAULT_OPTS go in? It doesn't appear to > have an impact in /etc/make.conf
It's EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in make.conf. See man make.conf. Wonko