On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:47:03 -0800, Grant wrote:

> > Parallel builds are not deterministic so if the Makefile allows a race
> > condition to develop it's pot luck whether you'll be hit with it or
> > not  
> 
> I got sick of stuff like that so I run MAKEOPTS="-j1" on all of my
> systems.

If it were a frequent occurrence, there may be some benefit in that. But
using only one of the CPUs 8 cores is such a waste when this sort of
thing happens only every few weeks. Usually trying again works, rarely
does using -j1 make a difference and when it does a bug report ensures
that it won't be an issue in future.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

PROSTITUTE: Receiver of swollen goods.