On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:56:17 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I don't know where the 'blame' lies, but I've found myself > standardizing on MAKEOPTS=-j3, and PORTAGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs > --load-average=<1.6*num_of_vCPU>" > > (Yes, no explicit number of jobs. The newer portages are smart enough to > keep starting new jobs until the load number is reached)
The problem I found with that is the ebuilds load the system lightly to start with, before they enter the compile phase, to portage starts dozens of parallel ebuilds, then the system gets completely bogged down when they start compiling. -- Neil Bothwick If Microsoft made cars: "The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying."
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