Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:07:54 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: John <lists@reiteration.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can make -j be used for ports? Message-ID: <1468BFDD-5E3C-4756-830B-266D0942AED0@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4D7FBC0E.5020302@reiteration.net> References: <4D7FBC0E.5020302@reiteration.net>
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Hi--
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On Mar 15, 2011, at 12:20 PM, John wrote:
> I am no expert on make, so, here goes:
>
> Can -j options be used for make when building ports?
Yes. Ports which support parallel builds will have MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=yes set in the port Makefile. It defaults to running -j with MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER=`${SYSCTL} -n kern.smp.cpus`, but you can change that to some other # if you like.
Regards,
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-Chuck
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