Changeset 7f6542c in clfs-embedded

Timestamp:

Apr 26, 2017, 2:56:43 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

Andrew Bradford <andrew@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

a67ab57

Parents:

b74d39b

Message:

final-system/introduction: Clarify parallel compiling concern

Using 'make -j 2' is OK, compiling busybox and musl at the same time is
not.

File:

• BOOK/final-system/common/introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/final-system/common/introduction.xml

@@ -26 +26 @@
   path referring to <filename class="directory">${CLFS}/cross-tools</filename>
   hard-wired into it. For the same reason, do not compile packages in
-  parallel. Compiling in parallel may save time (especially on dual-CPU
-  machines), but it could result in a program containing a hard-wired
+  parallel. Compiling more than one package at a time may save time,
+  but it could result in a program containing a hard-wired
   path to <filename class="directory">${CLFS}/cross-tools</filename>, which will
   cause the program to stop working when that directory is
   removed.</para>
 
+  <para os="c">Compiling any single package using make's parallel job execution
+    option, "-j" is OK if you want to speed up compiling any one package.</para>
+
 </sect1>