On 23/01/2017 06:57, Walter Parker wrote: > Hi, > > For decades there has always been a warning not to do parallel builds of > the kernel or the world (Linux kernel builds also suggest not to do this). > > Every once in a while, I see people post about 5 minutes. This only way I > can see this happening is by doing a parallel build (-j 16 on a Xeon > Monster box). > > Are parallel builds safe? If not, what are actual risk factors and can they > be mitigated?
I remember warnings to the effect that while buildworld and buildkernel was safe, installworld and installkernel were not. I use -j32 on i7 monster boxes. -- J. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
