christos@zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas) writes:
> Exactly. And make(1) runs effectively unlimit descriptors when it starts
> up. This is so that when it forks jobs in parallel, it can multiplex the
> i/o channels of each job.

i would think that:

* the number of file descriptors needed by a parallel make could be
guessed with some reasonable degree or accuracy, and

* it's not nearly enough to justify unlimiting fd usage....



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