Greg Schafer wrote: > 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.
Hi Greg, What's your recommendation then? Pass '-j1' on the command line for all 'make install' invocations? Do you have an idea how common such install issues are? Regards, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
