From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 19:59:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2A01065702 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A89A28FC1F for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAOJxZhf054170; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:59:35 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id nAOJxZF5054167; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:59:35 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:59:35 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: John In-Reply-To: <20091124174025.GC91657@potato> Message-ID: References: <20091124154514.GA91657@potato> <200911241725.42229.pieter@degoeje.nl> <20091124163718.GB91657@potato> <4B0C1249.1090600@lazlarlyricon.com> <20091124174025.GC91657@potato> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:59:35 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.2-STABLE to 8-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:37 -0000 On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, John wrote: > Regarding ports, I think I'll take the long route. This box is my main > machine, my desktop - and so there are a LOT of ports installed. It will > be easier to make portmanager rebuild everything in pristine mode. It > will take a long time, but I accept this. Before this is done, I run the > built-in routines in /usr/ports - clean out */work/* and distfiles. > > It's a fast machine though - shouldn't take too long. What I'm thinking > about now is speeding up make. There are two cores in this CPU. Can I > specify -j2 ? Is it one per core or more? This is now supposed to happen automatically on ports that are safe to build with multiple jobs. Offhand I don't know how to show what's really happening other than something crude like watching top. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA