Is a parallel build of Maxima (using make -j N), OK?
Subject: Is a parallel build of Maxima (using make -j N), OK?
From: Rupert Swarbrick
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:49:04 +0000
"Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kirkby at onetel.net> writes:
> If one sets something like
>
> MAKE="make -j 20"
>
> to build maxima with 20 threads in paralllel, is this safe? With well
> written Makefiles this is, but unless care was taken to make sure
> there are no race conditions, this can be unwise.
>
> Does anyone know the status of the Maxima makefile?
>
> We are using ECL as an interpreter. I know building ECL in parallel is
> unsafe, so we are not doing that.
>
> Dave
Hmm, I'm not sure you'll gain much: I think the lisp compilation (which
takes most of the time) has to be done serially.
Rupert
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