Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:24:46 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [TEST] make -j patch [take 2] Message-ID: <13977.1100294686@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:01:54 PST." <20041112210154.GA63387@ns1.xcllnt.net>
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In message <20041112210154.GA63387@ns1.xcllnt.net>, Marcel Moolenaar writes: >He likes a feature so he can control his make universe in a certain >way. He isn't forcing his policy upon anybody, just a way for him to >do it his way for himself. Now, if his way was totally bogus then I >see grounds for unilaterally denying his request. This I don't see. By default the -j argument is passed down to submakes, consequently if you make submakes respect -j, then you negate the token-pool because each submake will create its own pool. QED: You're back to where we started where "make -j 12" generates 65 jobs. >A mechanism to allow a submake to become the first in a new set is >an elementary feature that allows us to implement the old behaviour, >good or bad, and if nothing else is just a simple way to cover our >asses. And that mechanism exists: remove the env var, give -j arg. What we're talking about is how/if this should be used in "make universe". -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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