MAKEOPTS - for example I have a laptop that locks up (heat)  on long compiles so reduce the number of jobs (rust and webgtk). The discussion asks about how to control emerge - appropriate per package -j and -l for the heavy packages should go a long way to doing what you want. 

On 19 September 2023 5:48:39 pm AWST, Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>(I assume this was addressed to me, though it was a reply to someone else.)
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>On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 10:14:42 BST William Kenworthy wrote:
>> That is where you set per package compiler parameters by overriding
>> make.conf settings.
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>And which make.conf setting might achieve what I want? Careful reading of the 
>make.conf man page hasn't revealed anything relevant.
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>Regards,
>Peter.
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