Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:57:07 -0800 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Is -j safe to use when building or updating ports? Message-ID: <20090112175707.GB5811@albert.catwhisker.org>
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--xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Given current trends in system architecture, I have the impression that expecting significantly faster CPUs than (say) 3 GHz is fairly unrealistic, certainly for most of us. On the other hand, dual- & quad-core CPUs have pretty much achieved commodity status -- and folks who make CPUs have indicated that the trend is toward more cores (or so I understand). How "safe" is it to (try to?) make constructive use of multiple cores (or CPUs) when building ports? Or running portmaster? So far, I've been pretty conservative, and have avoided using -j when I make(1) a port -- or a kernel, for that matter. But this is causing upgrades to take long enough to be rather painful, especially for a machine that is performing a significant role at the time. Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklrhHIACgkQmprOCmdXAD2pEQCfXF4l1HWqy2kiAvRRfQwopMbe MzgAn0OK66hQcmVgdxZ8ba4R0DlJpd0j =Kr7i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE--
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