Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:12:03 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> 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: <474CA443.4010309@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071127223550.GA54215@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <bef9a7920711270025k73cfd90i4d3abe3c6eab6160@mail.gmail.com> <474C3A12.9040107@gmail.com> <474C69D4.5050804@FreeBSD.org> <20071127223550.GA54215@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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Frank Shute wrote: > 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? Maybe. Kris
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