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Not to rain on your parade, Walter, but: |
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> 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... |
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> MAKEOPTS="-j1" |
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> Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging |
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> for problems if you do so. |
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I use distcc in my compile farm and have most systems set to -j8 or above. |
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I haven't run into a single issue with the parallel compiles, and have been |
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using this setup for months. |
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Yes, I will admit that there have been some cases where using a value |
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greater than 1 caused problems, but those should be handled as a single |
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case, not throwing in the towel on higher values all together. |
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I don't necessarily agree with using "-*" in your USE flags, simply because |
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I think the USE flags in the /etc/make.conf are meant to enhance the builds |
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with options you plan on using. Default USE flags, as identified by the |
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developers, typically are limited to those components that the package needs |
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to function correctly. |
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And for those things that you really don't want to have, you can always |
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specify the negative USE flag, i.e. "-gnome" to totally disable gnome (which |
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is what I use). |
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Using "-*" basically says that you know better than the developers, which is |
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a position I wouldn't want to take... |
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Otherwise the content was fine, but it makes me wonder why it would be |
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necessary. New folks migrating to Gentoo are going to use the handbook, and |
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I don't believe the handbook tells them to enable framebuffer/bootsplash, |
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etc. |
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