On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:00:41 +0100, Mark Rosenstand wrote: > Much more clever would be to mention MAKEFLAGS in the intro somewhere, > and add -j1 as needed for the packages that don't support parallel make.
Exactly as currently done in DIY Linux. > This is what I do in my build scripts, and out of >1300 source packages, > I've only had to enforce -j1 for 15 or so. The hidden gotcha is installation. Setting MAKEFLAGS globally like this also affects `make install' and this can really screw you if you're not careful i.e. files that should have been installed were not. Regards Greg -- http://www.diy-linux.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
