Re: NetBSD/vax 11.0RC1

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro%orcam.me.uk@localhost>]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2026, Ken Wellsch wrote:

> > How did you start the build? There should not be any parallel compiler
> > instances running unless you pass -j something to build.sh (and that would
> > be a very bad idea on any memory limited machine).
> 
> No, I would never use -j with any VAXen, real or emulator :)

 I question the use of `-j' with an emulator unless it can fork/clone into 
multiple processes/threads on a multiprocessor, however with real hardware 
it does make a lot of sense to say `make -j <ncpu>' to utilise the extra 
CPUs which are otherwise busy with twiddling their thumbs, so if you have 
a multiprocessor VAX, say 4-way, then `make -j 4' should give you benefit.
That does hit Makefile quirks sometimes though, so watch out for issues!

  Maciej