On 09/11/2012 09:36 AM, viv...@gmail.com wrote: > Dunno where to place this request, but if we go for something like EJOBS > could we also make it phase specific? > So compile, install and test could have a different number of jobs running. > Possibly three different variables that override a predefined EJOBS.
Per-phase sounds a little to fine-grained. Instead, I'd suggest to add an ELOADAVG variable that's analogous to make's --load-average option. That should be enough to compensate for any differences between phases. -- Thanks, Zac