Re: build farm machine using <make -j 8> mixed results

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Creager <robert(at)logicalchaos(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: build farm machine using <make -j 8> mixed results
Date: 2012-09-09 15:50:54
Message-ID: 23724.1347205854@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 09/09/2012 11:31 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I assume we need this for all active branches, if the buildfarm is
>> going to be stressing it?

> I can restrict it to only modern branches. Didn't we supposedly improve
> support for this during the 9.1 cycle? That seems like a sensible place
> to go back to.

Mmm, yeah, the commit history shows several different fixes for parallel
make back in the 9.1 time frame. I doubt we want to try back-porting
all that work. Let's just say 9.1 and up, then.

regards, tom lane

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