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Apparently, though unproven, at 12:01 on Thursday 07 October 2010, |
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meino.cramer@×××.de did opine thusly: |
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> Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> [10-10-07 11:53]: |
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> > On 7 Oct 2010, at 06:40, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > >> ... |
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> > >>> MAKEOPTS="-j 12" |
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> > >> Arrrrrrrrgh Nooooooooo!!! That's probably your problem right there. |
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> > >> The recommendation in the manual is N+1, where N == number of cores. |
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> > >> Do you have 11 or more cores? I find that even that isn't always |
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> > >> safe. I set... |
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> > >> MAKEOPTS="-j 1" |
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> > >> ... |
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> > > I made the changes you suggested and now got an different error ... it |
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> > > still does not compile. |
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> > Did you reduce it to (the number of cores in your system + 1) or to "-j |
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> > 1"? |
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> > If the former, try the latter. |
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> > Stroller. |
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> Yes, I reduces -j <n> to n=1 (why exist this option, if it does not |
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> work?) |
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You misunderstand. The option works just fine and does (correctly) what it is |
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supposed to do. |
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Not all software's build systems out there plays nicely with parallel |
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compiles. ooO for instance is really finicky about it. |
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You can't blame portage for stupid coding errors that other people make, or |
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stupid configurations that you make. |
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