>> > Parallel builds are not deterministic so if the Makefile allows a race >> > condition to develop it's pot luck whether you'll be hit with it or >> > not >> >> I got sick of stuff like that so I run MAKEOPTS="-j1" on all of my >> systems. > > If it were a frequent occurrence, there may be some benefit in that. But > using only one of the CPUs 8 cores is such a waste when this sort of > thing happens only every few weeks. Usually trying again works, rarely > does using -j1 make a difference and when it does a bug report ensures > that it won't be an issue in future.
OK you've inspired me to give it another try. So if I find a package that doesn't build with -jn where n > 1 but does build with -j1 I should file a bug? - Grant
