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On Mon, Mar 25 2013, Michael Hampicke wrote: |
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> Am 25.03.2013 21:57, schrieb gottlieb@×××.edu: |
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>> For a long time I have had in make.conf |
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>> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ask --deep --tree --verbose --jobs --load-average=5" |
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>> MAKEOPTS="--jobs --load-average=5" |
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>> (for previous processors the 5 was 3). |
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>> It seems that this configuration fails for several packages (or tickles |
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>> bugs in their ebuilds/Makefiles). |
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>> Lately whenever a build fails I change to |
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>> MAKEOPTS="--jobs=1" |
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>> and this very often "fixes" the problem. |
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>> It is not clear that any time saved by having jobs=5 compensates for |
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>> having to redo builds. So my question is do people |
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>> 1. keep jobs=1 in MAKEOPTS |
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>> 2. have jobs=n in MAKEOPTS but degrade on error as I do |
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>> 3. have jobs=n and file bugs when it fails. |
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>> thanks, |
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>> allan |
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>> PS I do not change EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS |
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> This is what I use: |
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> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs=2 --load-average=6" |
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> I havent't had any failed builds that were related to the --jobs option. |
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> The only exception is when rebuilding my kernel modules. I have to build |
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> spl first, then zfs-kmod. But that's because zfs-kmod requires a |
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> complete built spl. |
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I don't change EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS either. What I change is |
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MAKEOPTS. |
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That is, I always permit portage to run two emerges in parallel. |
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I am considering telling make to not run different parts of one emerge |
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in parallel. |
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allan |
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