Thread: [Devil-linux-develop] $PMAKE

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Hey,

I just fixed a bunch of scripts.
When you add a new package to DL, please use
make $PMAKE || exit 1

This will enable parallell builds for that specific package.

cya
   Heiko

> I just fixed a bunch of scripts.
> When you add a new package to DL, please use
> make $PMAKE || exit 1
> 
> This will enable parallell builds for that specific package.

OK.  I always wondered what that "PMAKE" variable was for.  :-)

 - BS

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>I just fixed a bunch of scripts.
>>When you add a new package to DL, please use
>>make $PMAKE || exit 1
>>
>>This will enable parallell builds for that specific package.
> 
> 
> OK.  I always wondered what that "PMAKE" variable was for.  :-)

If you don't specify parallel builds > 1 then it is just empty.
If you do, it's "-j <number>", i.e. "-j 4"

Fairly simple, but effective.

cya
   Heiko

> This will enable parallell builds for that specific package.

BTW, the last time I tried setting the number of parallel build jobs to
something greater than one (I set it to two), it aborted compiling while
bash.  I changed it back to one and it compiled fine.  FWIW ...

That was a few weeks ago, so maybe it works now.  I'll try it again
sometime since I now have a hyperthreaded P4 at home.  :-)

 - BS

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>This will enable parallell builds for that specific package.
> 
> 
> BTW, the last time I tried setting the number of parallel build jobs to
> something greater than one (I set it to two), it aborted compiling while
> bash.  I changed it back to one and it compiled fine.  FWIW ...

I enabled it for a bunch of packages and currently have a test compile 
running with distcc and -j4.

Some programs have problems with parallel builds (buggy Makefile), then 
we just have to disable it. In such a case it's probably best to write a 
comment above the "make ...." line, so nobody enables it again.

> That was a few weeks ago, so maybe it works now.  I'll try it again
> sometime since I now have a hyperthreaded P4 at home.  :-)
>

You got too much money. ;-)

cya
   Heiko

> > BTW, the last time I tried setting the number of parallel build jobs to
> > something greater than one (I set it to two), it aborted compiling while
> > bash.  I changed it back to one and it compiled fine.  FWIW ...
> 
> I enabled it for a bunch of packages and currently have a test compile 
> running with distcc and -j4.
> 
> Some programs have problems with parallel builds (buggy Makefile), then 
> we just have to disable it. In such a case it's probably best to write a 
> comment above the "make ...." line, so nobody enables it again.

OK, I'll try it again (sometime soon).  If anything aborts, I'll remove
the $PMAKE and place a comment in the script.

> > That was a few weeks ago, so maybe it works now.  I'll try it again
> > sometime since I now have a hyperthreaded P4 at home.  :-)
> 
> You got too much money. ;-)

Yeah, I've got so much money, I can't count it all!  ;-)

 - BS

> > > BTW, the last time I tried setting the number of parallel build jobs to
> > > something greater than one (I set it to two), it aborted compiling while
> > > bash.  I changed it back to one and it compiled fine.  FWIW ...
> > 
> > I enabled it for a bunch of packages and currently have a test compile 
> > running with distcc and -j4.
> > 
> > Some programs have problems with parallel builds (buggy Makefile), then 
> > we just have to disable it. In such a case it's probably best to write a 
> > comment above the "make ...." line, so nobody enables it again.
> 
> OK, I'll try it again (sometime soon).  If anything aborts, I'll remove
> the $PMAKE and place a comment in the script.

I ran a couple compiles with -j3 yesterday, and had a couple aborts.
I removed $PMAKE from the scripts (with a comment).

 - BS

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