625224 – /etc/portage/make.conf MAKEFLAGS="-j5" ignored

Bug 625224 - /etc/portage/make.conf MAKEFLAGS="-j5" ignored

Summary: /etc/portage/make.conf MAKEFLAGS="-j5" ignored

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2017-07-15 16:20 UTC by tedheadster
Modified:	2017-07-15 16:27 UTC (History)
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Description tedheadster 2017-07-15 16:20:22 UTC

I have set MAKEFLAGS="-j5" on my 4 core machine, attempting to slightly oversubscribe my cpu when rebuilding packages. However, "ps auxww" reports that make is being invoked with "-j4", ignoring my "-j5" setting.

Comment 1 Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-07-15 16:27:40 UTC

It's MAKEOPTS not MAKEFLAGS