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Subject: Re: can make -j be used for ports?
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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,
-- 
-Chuck