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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2023-10-06 02:30:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2023-10-06 02:30:04 +0100 |
| commit | 79a7fea7d32c924d290569c0d9efbc377eb87749 (patch) | |
| tree | a34868384ae7d09690ca827f3822b5fbbb22d379 /man/make.conf.5 | |
| parent | AsyncioEventLoop: Put back _ChildWatcherThreadSafetyWrapper (diff) | |
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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 <sam@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'man/make.conf.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 8f6c444ba..762de83c4 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. |