From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc fails and then succeeds - definitely a problem?
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:00:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw2HnLjqxeysbPMicYsKa-V7k4ny-Kc9f544C_F3vS=AaA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120223203842.4bf471b2@digimed.co.uk>
>> > 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.
OK you've inspired me to give it another try. So if I find a package
that doesn't build with -jn where n > 1 but does build with -j1 I
should file a bug?
- Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-23 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-23 19:17 [gentoo-user] gcc fails and then succeeds - definitely a problem? Grant
2012-02-23 19:23 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-23 19:40 ` Grant
2012-02-23 21:11 ` Grant
2012-02-23 21:18 ` Mark Knecht
2012-02-23 21:27 ` Alex Schuster
2012-02-23 19:25 ` [gentoo-user] " Heorhi Valakhanovich
2012-02-23 19:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Mark Knecht
2012-02-23 19:36 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-23 19:46 ` Mark Knecht
2012-02-23 21:37 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-23 19:39 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-23 19:47 ` Grant
2012-02-23 20:38 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-02-23 21:00 ` Grant [this message]
2012-02-23 22:05 ` Michael Mol
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