[Slackbuilds-users] make -j${NUMJOBS} discussion

[Slackbuilds]

On 4/3/22 11:59, B. Watson wrote:
> How about you do this instead?
>
> if [ -z "$MAKEFLAGS" ]; then
>    NUMJOBS="${NUMJOBS:-1}"
>    export MAKEFLAGS="-j$NUMJOBS"
> fi
> make
>
> ...that way, your builds work the way you want: they respect NUMJOBS
> if MAKEFLAGS isn't set... but they'll still work the way everyone else
> wants: people who already use MAKEFLAGS will still get the expected
> results.

I'm still not convinced that globally setting MAKEFLAGS won't have
unintended consequences. I keep seeing in the make docs that the
toplevel make creates/sets MAKEFILE for sub-makes, but isn't clear in
what happens if MAKEFILES is already set, unless upstream source adds
that logic.

Setting 'make -j$NUMJOBS' seems a safer path, and is what Pat does in
Slackware source.

-Ed