Re: [30721] use_parallel_build / portfile-phase.7.xml

2007-11-05 Thread markd
macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org writes: >Revision >[ http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/30721 ]30721 >Author >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date >2007-11-05 10:01:13 -0800 (Mon, 05 Nov 2007) > >Log Message > >use_bzip2 default to 'no'; >document 'use_parallel_build'; > > >Modified Paths

Re: [30721] use_parallel_build / portfile-phase.7.xml

2007-11-05 Thread markd
Mark Duling writes: >One question about "use_parallel_build". Do you think that keyword >relates to a phase, or should it be considered a "global keyword"? I >thought perhaps "global", or do you consider it specifically related to >the build phase? I thought parallelism applied more generally to

Re: [30721] use_parallel_build / portfile-phase.7.xml

2007-11-05 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Nov 5, 2007, at 2:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I was influenced by my recollections that some ports stop installing outside of the build phase until another port is finished installing. At least I think I've seen this. you have. If that is so and a ports hangs at activate or an

Re: [30721] use_parallel_build / portfile-phase.7.xml

2007-11-05 Thread markd
"Daniel J. Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Perhaps I was influenced by my recollections that some ports stop >> installing outside of the build phase until another port is finished >> installing. At least I think I've seen this. > >you have. > >> If that is so and a ports >> hangs at activate

Re: [30721] use_parallel_build / portfile-phase.7.xml

2007-11-05 Thread Weissmann Markus
I've just added a way to automatically set the number of build jobs (if desired): If the number of build jobs is set to "0" (in the config file), the number of jobs is set to the number of cores. This works only on Mac OS X (and FreeBSD -- though untested). -Markus On 05.11.2007, at 20:32,