From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BC0F158089 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2023 01:30:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B96E42BC044; Fri, 6 Oct 2023 01:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF18D2BC044 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2023 01:30:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDAB2335D02 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2023 01:30:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C88F9C8 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2023 01:30:41 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sam James" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Sam James" Message-ID: <1696555804.79a7fea7d32c924d290569c0d9efbc377eb87749.sam@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/portage:master commit in: man/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/portage X-VCS-Files: man/make.conf.5 X-VCS-Directories: man/ X-VCS-Committer: sam X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sam James X-VCS-Revision: 79a7fea7d32c924d290569c0d9efbc377eb87749 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 01:30:41 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 4a642ebc-ff3c-46d0-a1dd-178c5b6c449e X-Archives-Hash: 1581747d47a27e0c19cd1242cd9272a8 commit: 79a7fea7d32c924d290569c0d9efbc377eb87749 Author: Sam James gentoo org> AuthorDate: Fri Oct 6 01:30:04 2023 +0000 Commit: Sam James gentoo org> CommitDate: Fri Oct 6 01:30:04 2023 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=79a7fea7 make.conf(5): update MAKEOPTS guidance We recommend min(RAM/2GB, threads) nowadays because C++ projects may need up to 2GB per job. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/821529 Signed-off-by: Sam James gentoo.org> man/make.conf.5 | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 8f6c444ba1..762de83c4a 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -928,9 +928,10 @@ enabled for these flags may be closed as INVALID. .B MAKEOPTS Use this variable if you want to use parallel make. For example, if you have a dual\-processor system, set this variable to "\-j2" or "\-j3" for -enhanced build performance with many packages. Suggested settings are -between \fICPUs+1\fR and \fI2*CPUs+1\fR. In order to avoid -excess load, the \fB\-\-load\-average\fR option is recommended. +enhanced build performance with many packages. It is suggested that the jobs +value used be the minimum of: available RAM divided by 2GB, or the number of +threads on the system. In order to avoid excess load, the +\fB\-\-load\-average\fR option is recommended. For more information, see \fBmake\fR(1). Also see \fBemerge\fR(1) for information about analogous \fB\-\-jobs\fR and \fB\-\-load\-average\fR options. Defaults to the number of processors if left unset.