Re: build.sh: set creation is serialized

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 03:44:25AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
>    
>    I should have been clearer, sorry. I meant querying sysctl for the value of
>    kern.maxvnodes. If it is above a threshold, then dispense with the .WAIT.
>    If it's below the threshold or we can't get the value, leave the .WAIT in.
> 
> 
> .WAITs for gcc build are for correctness.  it might be better to
> list explicit subdir depends than use .WAIT but i'm not sure you
> can do much here and i'm not sure it's really an issue since make
> will find other jobs to do usually.
> 
> 
> are you sure you don't mean the src/tools/gcc build?  it *is*
> serialised and slow...  i use this patch, and set GMAKE_J_ARGS
> in my mk.conf.  it's ugly but speeds up my builds a bunch.

Er, yes, that one. Do you think the patch is something that could go into
the tree?

Thanks,
Andrew