On March 15, 2018 3:40:13 PM UTC, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 10:29:49PM -0600, the...@sys-concept.com wrote >> I've installed webkit-gtk-2.18.6 on two other boxes and it went just >> fine but the third box is giving me an error. > >> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. >> * ERROR: net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.18.6::gentoo failed (compile phase): >> * ninja -v -j5 -l8 failed > > One option that sometimes cures mysterious failures is to do the build >with... >MAKEOPTS="-j1" > Yes, the build takes longer, but it may actually build. Remember to >set the option back to normal value after experimenting. > > A couple of unrelated items... > >1) >> ================================================================= >> System Settings >> ================================================================= >> System uname: >Linux-4.9.72-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q9550_@_2.83GHz-with-gentoo-2.4.1 > >> CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" >> CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" > > Your kernel indicates "Core2", but your C(XX)FLAGS show "nocona". >https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-6.4.0/gcc/x86-Options.html#x86-Options >indicates that Core2 has the SSSE3 instruction set (not to be confused >with SSE3) that Nocona doesn't have. "-march=native" is recommended >unless you're using the machine to do binary builds for other Nocona >machines. > >2) >> MAKEOPTS="-j5 -l8" > >...on a 4-core cpu. There is some question about >MAKEOPTS="-j($cores+1)" >https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2013/01/14/makeopts-jcore-1-is-not-the-best-optimization/ >As the old saying goes, "your mileage may vary".
Hmmm... going to try this. I wonder if the +1 bit might work with sufficient memory. I have it higher than that and it feels faster compared to just the thread-count. (With 32GB ram) -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
