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to give an estimate of how long it might take to install a package, but the
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numbers can vary by as much as dozens of minutes in some cases.</para>
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- <note><para>For many modern systems with multiple processors (or cores) the
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- compilation time for a package can be reduced by performing a "parallel make"
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- by either setting an environment variable or telling the
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- <command>make</command> program how many processors are available. For
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- instance, a Core2Duo can support two simultaneous processes with:</para>
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+ <note>
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+ <para>For many modern systems with multiple processors (or cores) the
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+ compilation time for a package can be reduced by performing a "parallel
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+ make" by either setting an environment variable or telling the
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+ <command>make</command> program how many processors are available. For
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+ instance, a Core2Duo can support two simultaneous processes with:</para>
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- <screen><userinput>export MAKEFLAGS='-j 2'</userinput></screen>
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+ <screen><userinput>export MAKEFLAGS='-j 2'</userinput></screen>
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- <para>or just building with:</para>
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+ <para>or just building with:</para>
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- <screen><userinput>make -j2</userinput></screen>
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-
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- <para>When multiple processors are used in this way, the SBU units in the
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- book will vary even more than they normally would. Analyzing the output of
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- the build process will also be more difficult because the lines of different
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- processes will be interleaved. If you run into a problem with a build step,
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- revert back to a single processor build to properly analyze the error
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- messages.</para>
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+ <screen><userinput>make -j2</userinput></screen>
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+ <para>When multiple processors are used in this way, the SBU units in the
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+ book will vary even more than they normally would. In some cases, the make
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+ step will simply fail. Analyzing the output of the build process will also
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+ be more difficult because the lines of different processes will be
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+ interleaved. If you run into a problem with a build step, revert back to a
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+ single processor build to properly analyze the error messages.</para>
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</note>
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</sect1>
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