Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:50:58 +0000 From: John <lists@reiteration.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can make -j be used for ports? Message-ID: <4D824A02.6090302@reiteration.net> In-Reply-To: <4D80977B.3090801@gmx.de> References: <4D7FBC0E.5020302@reiteration.net> <1468BFDD-5E3C-4756-830B-266D0942AED0@mac.com> <AANLkTi=xECg6s7HGeoJFQs96EGwS1tN0Ag6FgFO30QzM@mail.gmail.com> <4D802299.1020303@reiteration.net> <4D80977B.3090801@gmx.de>
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On 16/03/2011 10:56, Matthias Andree wrote: > /etc/make.conf: > > FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=yes > MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER=3 # whatever you find useful. > > The key is that you need to figure how loaded the CPU is. As long as it > is waiting for the disks (which it usually is), you can try to increase > the number, but keep an eye on the RAM, you don't want the machine to go > swapping in and out (although 8 GibiB are plenty). Thanks very much for this. -- John
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