Re: MAKE_JOBS.devel/cmake ineffective

[Paul Ripke <stix%stix.id.au@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 02:28:13PM +0000, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> * On 2020-11-04 at 13:44 GMT, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 12:18:19PM +0000, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> > > To me this makes more sense, and is easier to read and understand
> > > rather than embedding the "-j".  The one difference is that now -j1
> > > will be explicitly used when MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=no, where previously the
> > > -j was omitted, but again to me that feels more correct anyway.
> > 
> > At least for bmake it makes a huge difference and not necessarily in the
> > right direction. -j1 and no -j are quite different modes.
> 
> Understood, thanks.
> 
> I've updated the diff to revert back to the previous behaviour, and
> also added some more documentation and _VARS support.

Did this go anywhere? I see I still have my little patch applied for
cmake on the 2021Q3 branch.

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