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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-07-15 23:19:16 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-07-15 23:19:16 +0000
commit4960dbf427c090fa03ed4d1bfa1966bc0d668ae4 (patch)
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Add some cross references between emerge's new parallel build options and
MAKEOPTS. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=11063
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/emerge.14
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.56
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index fdf94c13..bc9a7efc 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ the related \fB\-\-skipfirst\fR option.
.BR \-\-load\-average=LOAD
Specifies that no new builds should be started if there are other builds
running and the load average is at least LOAD (a floating-point number).
+This option is recommended for use in combination with \fB\-\-jobs\fR in
+order to avoid excess load. See \fBmake\fR(1) for information about
+analogous options that should be configured via \fBMAKEOPTS\fR in
+\fBmake.conf\fR(5).
.TP
.BR "\-\-newuse " (\fB\-N\fR)
Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have changed since
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 2fa95f72..b3dc3c49 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -378,8 +378,10 @@ package.
Use this variable if you want to use parallel make. For example, if you
have a dual\-processor system, set this variable to "\-j2" or "\-j3" for
enhanced build performance with many packages. Suggested settings are
-between \fICPUs+1\fR and \fI2*CPUs+1\fR.
-For more information, see \fBmake\fR(1).
+between \fICPUs+1\fR and \fI2*CPUs+1\fR. In order to avoid
+excess load, the \fB\-\-load\-average\fR option is recommended.
+For more information, see \fBmake\fR(1). Also see \fBemerge\fR(1) for
+information about analogous \fB\-\-jobs\fR and \fB\-\-load\-average\fR options.
.TP
\fBNOCOLOR\fR = \fI["true" | "false"]\fR
Defines if color should be disabled by default.