Re: load average and parallel execution

[ali hagigat]

it does not make sense we specify -l 2.5 and then use -l on command
line, if we write:
make -l 2.5
will sub-makes inherit "-l 2.5" from their parent?

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Luke Shumaker <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 07:51 +0330, ali hagigat wrote:
>> The ‘-l’ option with no following number removes the load limit, if
>> one was given with a previous ‘-l’ option.
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> How -l option without number removes the limit? I use make -l 2.5 -l?
>> Does it make sense?
>
> make -l 2.5 -l
> does not set a load limit.  The first -l sets it, then the second unsets
> it.
>
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