Date: 20 Mar 2001 22:52:12 EST From: "Mark Sergeant" <mark.sergeant@snsonline.net> To: <nomad@netrail.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Christian S." <cschreiber@netrail.net> Subject: Re: Making & forking processes to accomplish faster compiles Message-ID: <200103210352.f2L3qE203232@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <MPEGJCJPPBKNCNBGOHGDIEECCNAA.cschreiber@netrail.net> References: <MPEGJCJPPBKNCNBGOHGDIEECCNAA.cschreiber@netrail.net>
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make -j4 does speed up things a bit, does it even better on a dual system. On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:39:42 -0500, Christian S. said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greets, > I was told by a friend of mine that he had a way of "make"ing and > having some sort of option to fork the resultant processes so that > instead of 1 make process running, one could split it into 4 separate > processes that would accomplish the "make" faster. I read the man > page for make, but did not find anything really related to it, > although it is entirely possible that I could have missed it. If > someone could kindly point me to a URL or let me know if it was even > possible, I would appreciate it. I would ask the friend, but I have > since lost touch with him. > > Thanks! > Christian > > "...we have only twice as many genes as a fruit fly, or roughly the > same number as an ear of corn, about 30,000." > Ergo, we are all corn. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; > > iQA/AwUBOrgiTikK9qTvGvteEQIO1gCeLV9Fts96IMfhLUNheOp6jwow+vIAoLVJ > 4OKxfZC3XsJTnaVsNfAWWmc4 > =jzRH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- Quigley's Law: Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will atttempt to use it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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