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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>
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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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