Maris Nartiss wrote: > sorry but I'm not an make guru and thus see it simple: if I run comand > "make -j4" it should get along with it or fail with "err blah parallel > buld not supported". Current CVS version does neither of it. As > multicore CPU's are getting more popular, more and more users will be > trying to run "make -j X" and thus report failure as bug [1]. .. > 1. > http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=359&group_id=21&atid=204
I once heard on multi-processor systems to use "make -j<num proc+1>". That way it always had a job ready to consume cycles, as you don't have processor downtime waiting for the processes to be created after the previous one ends. Can anyone confirm or deny? Hamish ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@grass.itc.it http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev