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On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 08:34:29AM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote |
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> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:01:30 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > > Running MAKEOPTS="-j1" as default on a multi-core processor seems an |
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> > > awful waste of resources, unless it is needed for something else, in |
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> > > which case I don't run emerge at all. |
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> > Running around for a few hours trying to replicate an unreplicatable |
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> > build failure is even more of a waste. |
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> That depends on the number of cores you have. On a dual core system this |
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> may well be true, although I'd dispute even that. |
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> % cat /etc/portage/package.env/* | grep -c -e j4 -e j1 |
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> 4 |
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> Four packages out of the 1730 installed on this computer require special |
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> treatment, and all of them build with -j4. |
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Seeing as how even my older machines are dual core, I'll bump it -j2. |
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I'm still not totally clear on "load-average". Should I set... |
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MAKEOPTS="-j2 --load-average=2" |
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...on a dual core machine? |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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