[GRASSLIST:4880] Re: grass 5.7.cvs can't compile with freetype2

Markus Neteler neteler at itc.it
Fri Nov 19 04:53:39 EST 2004


On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 09:11:23PM +1300, Hamish wrote:
...
> some other hints:
> 
> Rumor has it that 'make -j 3' makes the compile run faster on dual
> processors.. 

In fact, it does. Test with G57-CVS:

2-CPU machine, 1GHz:
make
 real    11m57.113s	-> 661sec
 user    9m4.820s
 sys     2m2.660s

make -j 3
real    7m0.877s	-> 420sec
user    7m54.590s
sys     1m45.960s

420/661 = 0.64


Markus




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