From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Sep 15 17: 5:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29B0E37B40A for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:05:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (lxpx522.lx.ehu.es [158.227.27.168]) by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f8G05m911541; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:05:48 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from jose@localhost) by v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f8G00AB01601; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:00:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jose) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:00:10 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" To: Mike Tancsa Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make -j4 vs -j8... 4 works, but 8 does not Message-ID: <20010916020010.A1038@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010915123606.035fcc18@192.168.0.12> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010915123606.035fcc18@192.168.0.12>; from mike@sentex.net on Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 12:38:30PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-RC Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 12:38:30PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > Should a parallel build always work ? I was just trying to stress a new > series of MB we are evaluating and to my suprise, -j4 works, but not -j8 > > ===> usr.sbin/boot0cfg > rm -f .depend > mkdep -f .depend > -a -I/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/include > /usr/src/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.c > cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/boot0cfg; make _EXTRADEPEND > echo boot0cfg: /usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/lib/libc.a >> .depend > 1 error > *** Error code 2 > 1 error > *** Error code 2 > I found _exactly_ this problem about 24 hours ago, when trying a "-j16" on an machine with 4.4-RC4 installed from CD, and then updated via CVSup. I don't know if it was casual or not, but I did a "make cleandir" on /usr/src (and wiped out the remains in /usr/obj), and then the "make -j16 world" went smoothly. Cheers, JMA -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message