Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:56:45 -0800 From: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make -j4 world Message-ID: <20020122125645.1a0c9b36.sreese@codysbooks.com> In-Reply-To: <3C4DCDE7.C5E77C03@math.missouri.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020122145124.03cd1380@marble.sentex.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20020122145124.03cd1380@marble.sentex.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20020122151930.03d62220@marble.sentex.ca> <3C4DCB91.7080701@owt.com> <3C4DCDE7.C5E77C03@math.missouri.edu>
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 14:39:03 -0600 Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> wrote: > On the "Error in make buildworld" thread I said that I had this problem > on 1 out of 3 machines, so you may not necessarily see this problem. I > only saw this problem on the fastest machine. > I've actually found that on a fast computer (1.6 GHz Pentium IV) using the "-j" flag tends to slow things down a bit. The standard "make buildworld" ran much faster and much more smoothly than "make -j4 buildworld." It was the same with kernel builds. Honestly, with a machine that fast, I don't really see a need for the "-j" flags anyway. Just my $.02. -Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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