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Re: [PATCH] md5: accepts a new --threads option


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: [PATCH] md5: accepts a new --threads option
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:44:09 +0200

Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> Hmm, I could see it being useful to specify NCPUs-1 also.
>>> I wonder is there a general external method to determine
>>> the number of CPUs.
>>
>> As far as I know, there is nothing portable.
>> Want to add another program to coreutils?
>> With what Bruno has just added to gnulib's nproc module,
>> we should have most platforms covered.
>
> What about a new switch to `arch'?

Sorry, no.
arch is not installed by default, for portability reasons.




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