Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:35:50 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: Andy Greenwood <greenwood.andy@gmail.com>, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upper limit on make -j ? Message-ID: <20071127223550.GA54215@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <474C69D4.5050804@FreeBSD.org> References: <bef9a7920711270025k73cfd90i4d3abe3c6eab6160@mail.gmail.com> <474C3A12.9040107@gmail.com> <474C69D4.5050804@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:02:44PM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> Andy Greenwood wrote:
> >Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> >>Before I file a PR I just want to know if it is worth it to file a PR
> >>for:
> >>
> >>make -j1000 buildworld buildkernel installkernel
> >>seg faulting
> >>
> >
> >I thought that the kernel builds couldn't be built using parallel jobs,
> >that it might break something. Is that not true?
>
> Not true for many years.
>
>From /usr/src/UPDATING:
"Avoid using make -j when upgrading. From time to time in the
past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
installworld. This is especially true when upgrading between
"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
on the -current branch)"
Should this be changed then?
--
Frank
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