Hi >> - When port builds the packages (eg after typing port install blah) >> does it use all available cores for compiling > Yes, it does. >> and if not, where can I configure that? > > build_make_jobs in macports.conf. "0" means as many cores as are available, > though the number is reduced if you have less RAM. Individual ports might > disable parallel building if they are known to be incompatible with it.
It was commented out, so I set it to 3 (on a MB Pro with 4 GB RAM) buildmakejobs 3 > >> ---> Building gcc43 >> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd >> >> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_gcc43/work/build" >> && /usr/bin/make -j2 all " returned error 2 > > All gcc ports have been broken in Snow Leopard until very recently, but I > was able to install gcc43, gcc44 and gcc45 yesterday. Please "sudo port > selfupdate" to make sure you have the very latest ports, then try again. Thx for the hint, will try. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
