Thoughts on limiting the parallel build load, suggestion for a new "-j auto" option

2012-02-22 Thread R. Diez
" variant, in order to avoid overloading or underloading the system without having to implement their own heuristics. That way, a top-level script will be much more likely to succeed at setting a global limit when launching third-party sub-makes in parallel. P

Re: Thoughts on limiting the parallel build load, suggestion for a new "-j auto" option

2012-02-22 Thread R. Diez
do the trick. I just want to spare the user the effort to retrieve the CPU count, which is always a small, system-dependant pain. Please copy me on the answers, as I'm not on this list. Regards, R. Diez ___ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org

WG: Thoughts on limiting the parallel build load, suggestion for a new "-j auto" option

2012-03-14 Thread R. Diez
o "" echo "" Is this an oversight? The manual does not mention any exceptions for --warn-undefined-variables, and I wish that $(value ...) warned too. Please copy me on the answers, as I'm not subscribed to this list. Thanks,   R. Diez ___

[bug #57242] Non-recursive command passes invalid jobserver file descriptors

2021-01-12 Thread R. Diez
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #57242 (project make): About this statement below: "This is necessary, because a command can mess up job server operation or a command may expect a specific fd to be available." a) I wonder how a command can mess up job server operation: a1) One way would be that a pro

[bug #63439] [Regression] --no-builtin-variables with --warn-undefined-variables trigger warning on GNUMAKEFLAGS

2023-10-15 Thread R. Diez
Follow-up Comment #8, bug #63439 (project make): I don't thing this bug is fixed yet. I am using the following makefile: https://github.com/rdiez/DebugDue/tree/master/Toolchain This is the command I am running: $ make --no-builtin-variables --warn-undefined-variables help >/dev/null make: warn

[bug #63439] [Regression] --no-builtin-variables with --warn-undefined-variables trigger warning on GNUMAKEFLAGS

2023-10-16 Thread R. Diez
Follow-up Comment #10, bug #63439 (project make): > Please be sure to post the output of *make --version* > so we know what version of GNU Make you are using. Sorry I forgot. I am using GNU Make 4.4.1, which I built from sources myself: GNU Make 4.4.1 Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > Also plea

[bug #63439] [Regression] --no-builtin-variables with --warn-undefined-variables trigger warning on GNUMAKEFLAGS

2023-10-16 Thread R. Diez
Follow-up Comment #13, bug #63439 (project make): Thanks for confirming the issue I am reporting. Could you please update the "Fixed Release: 4.4.1", as it is not actually true? Or if it is a separate issue to the one fixed in 4.4.1, then it would probably be worth creating a new bug report for