From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   David Brown  writes:   
   [...]   
   > Try "time make -j" as a simple step.   
   [...]   
      
   In my recent testing, "make -j" without a numeric argument (which   
   tells make to run as many parallel steps as possible) caused my   
   system to bog down badly.  This was on a fairly large project (I used   
   vim); it might not be as much of a problem with a smaller project.   
      
   I've found that "make -j $(nproc)" is safer.  The "nproc" command   
   is likely to be available on any system that has a "make" command.   
      
   It occurs to me that "make -j N" can fail if the Makefile does   
   not correctly reflect all the dependencies.  I suspect this is   
   less likely to be a problem if the Makefile is generated rather   
   than hand-written.   
      
   --   
   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
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