[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 3/3] package/Makefile.in: add a way to don't force jobs in sub-make

Fabio Porcedda fabio.porcedda at gmail.com
Thu Sep 19 06:59:50 UTC 2013


Hi Thomas,
thanks for reviewing.

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Thomas De Schampheleire
<patrickdepinguin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Op 19-sep.-2013 08:35 schreef "Fabio Porcedda" <fabio.porcedda at gmail.com>
> het volgende:
>
>
>>
>> Hi Thomas and Claràn,
>> thanks for reviewing.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Ciarán Rehill <cir.vfi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Maybe "add a way to prevent forcing of [parallel?] jobs in sub-make"?
>> >
>> > On Sep 17, 2013 7:18 PM, "Thomas Petazzoni"
>> > <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear Fabio Porcedda,
>> >>
>> >> That's a minor nit, but "add a way to don't force jobs in sub-make"
>> >> isn't really correct english I blieve. "add away to not force the
>> >> number of jobs in sub-make" or something like that would be more
>> >> appropriate.
>>
>> What about a mix of both?
>> "add a way to prevent forcing the number of jobs in sub-make"
>>
>
> In fact, we don't add a way, since the user cannot choose to force or not.

IMHO the user can choose  by means of the "BR2_JLEVEL" variable, if
that variable contains a value buildroot will force the number of
jobs, if that variable is empty buildroot will not force the number of
jobs.

> So I'd suggest something like:
> Don't force the number of jobs...
> Or if you prefer:
> Prevent forcing...

Thanks and best regards
-- 
Fabio Porcedda



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