From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Dec 19 4:16:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 04:16:13 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from doormat.odey.co.uk (doormat.odey.co.uk [195.13.88.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06F1C37B698 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:16:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proxy@localhost) by doormat.odey.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA13703 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:16:02 GMT Received: from (odeydom.odey.co.uk [194.70.107.4]) by doormat.odey.co.uk via smap (V2.1) id xma013686; Tue, 19 Dec 00 12:15:30 GMT To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make -j X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.4a July 24, 2000 Message-ID: From: "Blair Sutton/Odey" Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:15:28 +0000 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on odeydom/Odey(Release 5.0.5 |September 22, 2000) at 12/19/2000 12:15:29 PM, Serialize complete at 12/19/2000 12:15:29 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you abuse the "-j X" option of make you could make your box eat itself (i.e. it's resources), I've seen it happen on some OSs when compiling kernels, but I admit to using "make -j" occasionally. Blair Sutton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message