[Scons-dev] multi-thread tasks

2016-09-12 Thread James Corey
I have a need to allow some external process actions to be scheduled which themselves run with multiple threads, and I would like to adjust scons to take this into account when running jobs in parallel (e.g. num_jobs=4). Initial tests suggest that the following crude hack is effective at limiting

Re: [Scons-dev] multi-thread tasks

2016-09-15 Thread James Corey
ires less threads versus > waiting for X-threads to be available? > > V/R, > William > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 6:06 PM, James Corey wrote: >> >> I have a need to allow some external process actions to be scheduled which >> themselves run with multiple t

Re: [Scons-dev] scons -j

2016-09-17 Thread James Corey
Could be an anti-feature if people type -j without a number when they don't mean to... On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 9:22 AM, William Blevins wrote: > Russel, > > Depends. If I remember correctly, '-j' with no options just means unlimited > jobs. I don't know how often that is actually useful. > > V/R,

Re: [Scons-dev] Odd sconsdb related test failure

2016-09-17 Thread James Corey
Yes, that test also fails for me, on debian and fedora. On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 3:14 PM, William Blevins wrote: > It appears that the pickle patch from earlier this week is causing a test > failure. > > https://bitbucket.org/scons/scons/pull-requests/348/centralize-the-preferred-pickle-protocol/