[bug #28134] inconsistent reporting of linux kernel builds with -j2

Update of bug #28134 (project make): Status:None => Fixed Assigned to:None => psmith Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:

[bug #28134] inconsistent reporting of linux kernel builds with -j2

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #28134 (project make): As a complete digression, and based on 26 years of doing parallel builds (damn it's been a long time), I just wanted to point out that you can generally use 50% more jobs than your number of CPUs/cores. E.g., for a dual-core machine, use make -j3.

[bug #28134] inconsistent reporting of linux kernel builds with -j2

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #28134 (project make): Well, that may look a little like voodoo, but it seems to work from the few brief tests I gave it (about 4 kernel builds, I think). It even seems to work in the less-well-behaved >>f 2>&1 case that I use. It's part of an automated build checker, s

[bug #28134] inconsistent reporting of linux kernel builds with -j2

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #28134 (project make): Try >>/tmp/C_out 2>>/tmp/C_err so that append mode is used so that writes to the files from different processes are atomic and don't overwrite each other. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #28134] inconsistent reporting of linux kernel builds with -j2

URL: Summary: inconsistent reporting of linux kernel builds with -j2 Project: make Submitted by: fatphil Submitted on: Mon 30 Nov 2009 06:39:48 PM GMT Severity: 3 - Normal