Re: [gentoo-user] Compile question

2006-07-16 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Jeremy Olexa wrote: > Tony, > Some ebuilds filter out MAKEOPTS="-jX" because the makefile(?) is not > written correctly to compile with more than one concurrent compile > process. According to the OOo ebuild, -jX is not filtered, so that is > not the case. Also, you may have checked the CPU usage w

Re: [gentoo-user] Compile question

2006-07-16 Thread Jeremy Olexa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > I have an AMD 64x2 with MAKEOPTS set to -j3. > > I have noticed that some compiles (glibc for example) will use the > system to the fullest. top reports %CPU near 0%. Other compiles, such > as openoffice seem to use only ha

[gentoo-user] Compile question

2006-07-16 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
I have an AMD 64x2 with MAKEOPTS set to -j3. I have noticed that some compiles (glibc for example) will use the system to the fullest. top reports %CPU near 0%. Other compiles, such as openoffice seem to use only half as much cpu time. For this top reported consistently near 50%. So I'm wonderi