-l is utterly useless. Load average is computed too slowly; by the time
it passes any useful threshold the actual make load will have spiralled
out of control.
If that's the case, exactly that reasoning should be written in the
documentation.
Go and shoot the morons who wrote those script
R. Diez wrote:
Hi all:
I recently came across a build test script that launched "make -j" with no
limits, which consumed all available RAM and ground my Linux system to a halt.
I had to power the computer off, there was nothing else I could do.
Go and shoot the moron who wrote that script.
Hi all:
I recently came across a build test script that launched "make -j" with no
limits, which consumed all available RAM and ground my Linux system to a halt.
I had to power the computer off, there was nothing else I could do.
After this experience, I believe that the default limitless behav
