Re: make -j in Debian packages
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Adam Borowski wrote:
> Let's allow maintainers to use make -jX according to their common
> sense, requiring obeying an env variable to opt out.
Why not just have some ENV variable (CONCURRENCY_LEVEL?) which
specifies the maximum -j; the package maintainer is free to choose any
level equal to or below that.
If CONCURRENCY_LEVEL is not set, the rules file must assume
CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=1 (or not specify -j?); this will keep what should
be the current status quo the same, and allow buildd's and other
builders to set this variable to a reasonable level for their system.
This has the disadvantage of not automatically using -j for every
package and requiring maintainer buy in to see results... but
presumably those packages where it actually makes a difference will
adopt it just so maintainer builds don't take as long.
Don Armstrong
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