[Freeswitch-users] What is the digit for in ./bootstrap.sh -j4 ?

[Ken Rice]

Make ­j works in most cases... If there are errors we would like to know
about them....

As I said in the earlier reply tho, ./bootstrap.sh ­j ignores any numbers
after the ­j

K


On 5/18/12 7:53 PM, "Chris Mylonas" <chris at opencsta.org> wrote:

> if it's not used now, it may have been in the past - someone here that has
> been around for a few years may recall and probably why the wiki page says
> (note this may make build errors harder to spot) and it was removed because of
> that reason.
> 
> 
> 
> either way, just to clarify, here's my 2cents
> 
> use it with 'make' command
> e.g.
> 
> make -j4
> 
> will use 4 cores for compiling
> if there is a make command in bootstrap.sh it may be passed there.
> configure and bootstrap are just scripts to organise things.  I haven't looked
> inside them whether either calls 'make'.
> 
> HTH
> Chris
> 
> On 19/05/2012, at 10:27 AM, Komar, Jason wrote:
> 
>> 
>> The -j4 is a compiler flag, so it probably just passes through to the
>> compiler without being touched by the shell script.
>> 
>> On May 18, 2012 5:36 PM, "Tom C" <mel0torme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On the Installation Guide page of the FreeSwitch wiki, it says the
>>> following:
>>> 
>>> -------------------------
>>> You can use multiple cores for your bootstrap/config/build, by specifying it
>>> at the start, e.g.: (note this may make build errors harder to spot)
>>> 
>>>  ./bootstrap.sh -j4
>>> --------------------------
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I looked through the bootstrap.sh code, and it appears that the trailing
>>> digit in the above example is ignored?  Or am I missing something?
>>> 
>>> I was thinking/hoping it was a way to specify the maximum # of background
>>> processes that get created.  At this point I assume it is just an error in
>>> the wiki.
>>> 
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