Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-18 Thread Luke Shumaker
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 09:13 +0330, ali hagigat wrote: > it does not make sense we specify -l 2.5 and then use -l on command > line, if we write: > make -l 2.5 > will sub-makes inherit "-l 2.5" from their parent? It does seem a little silly, but there are cases where it is useful. If you don't nee

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-18 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:13:19 +0330 > From: ali hagigat > Cc: > > it does not make sense we specify -l 2.5 and then use -l on command > line, if we write: > make -l 2.5 > will sub-makes inherit "-l 2.5" from their parent? Inheritance is one possibility; a shell alias is another. If you don

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread ali hagigat
it does not make sense we specify -l 2.5 and then use -l on command line, if we write: make -l 2.5 will sub-makes inherit "-l 2.5" from their parent? On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Luke Shumaker wrote: > On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 07:51 +0330, ali hagigat wrote: >> The ‘-l’ option with no following

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread Luke Shumaker
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 07:51 +0330, ali hagigat wrote: > The ‘-l’ option with no following number removes the load limit, if > one was given with a previous ‘-l’ option. > - > How -l option without number removes the limit? I us

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread ali hagigat
The ‘-l’ option with no following number removes the load limit, if one was given with a previous ‘-l’ option. - How -l option without number removes the limit? I use make -l 2.5 -l? Does it make sense? ___

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:54:47 +0330 > From: ali hagigat > Cc: > > -l 2.5 > will not let make start more than one job if the load average is above 2.5. > --- > What does this sentence mean? It means if our load average is 3 for > example, then make starts o

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread ali hagigat
Dear Sam, Thank you for your effort to help me though you hardly understand the real reasons of my questions often. Please notice why i asked that question, it was because one sentence of the manual as follows: --- -l 2.5 will not let make start more than one job

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:25:41 +0100 > From: Sam Ravnborg > Cc: hagigat...@gmail.com, help-make@gnu.org > > You are full of bullshit Eli. Your profanities speak volumes about your attitude. There should be no place for such attitude in a forum whose purpose is to help newbies. _

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 07:35:52AM -0500, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:48:39 +0100 > > From: Sam Ravnborg > > Cc: help-make@gnu.org > > > > And the manual documents this: > > > > More precisely, when make goes to start up a job, and it already has at > > least one job runn

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:48:39 +0100 > From: Sam Ravnborg > Cc: help-make@gnu.org > > And the manual documents this: > > More precisely, when make goes to start up a job, and it already has at least > one job running, it checks the current load average; if it is not lower than > the limit g

Re: load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 02:34:13PM +0330, ali hagigat wrote: > For example, > -l 2.5 > will not let make start more than one job if the load average is above 2.5. > - > Will not make start a new job, isn't it? If make did

load average and parallel execution

2011-01-17 Thread ali hagigat
For example, -l 2.5 will not let make start more than one job if the load average is above 2.5. - Will not make start a new job, isn't it? ___ Help-make mailing list Help-make@g