[Slackbuilds-users] some SlackBuilds not respecting $MAKEFLAGS

[Lumin Etherlight]

fsLeg via SlackBuilds-users
<slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org> writes:

> This is actually frowned upon on SBo specifically
> due to overriding MAKEFLAGS.

        It wouldn't be hard to define MAKEFLAGS only
  if it's not already defined  by the user.  Or, for
  more flexibility,  prepend the default -j  flag to
  MAKEFLAGS, like:

  MAKEFLAGS="-j $(nproc --ignore=1) $MAKEFLAGS"

  This way, if the user  defines other flags, our -j
  will still be  added.  If the user adds  a -j flag
  of their  own, it  would override the  previous -j
  flag as latter -j options take precedence.

        I think  the average  user should  not worry
  about setting MAKEFLAGS or the number of jobs; the
  maintainer should provide reasonable defaults.  If
  the package  is big, I  don't expect it to  take a
  day to build  when it could have built  in half an
  hour, but I  also expect builds to not  lock up my
  machine while I'm using  it (some SlackBuilds seem
  to use  nproc then  /add/ to  the total  number of
  jobs, instead of subtracting).


Best Regards,
Lumin Etherlight