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Fackamato

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Registered: 2006-03-31

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makepkg: nice level

Hi,

Is it possible to set the nice level in makepkg.conf ? That way I can set it to 19 or something, and I wouldn't even notice that I'm compiling 213234 things at once.

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

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Re: makepkg: nice level

make an alias in .bashrc (or .zshrc or whatever)

makepkg="nice -n 19 makepkg" or choose a different name for the alias (makepkgn or something else)

Fackamato

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Re: makepkg: nice level

make an alias in .bashrc (or .zshrc or whatever)

makepkg="nice -n 19 makepkg" or choose a different name for the alias (makepkgn or something else)

I see. It would be nice to see this implemented though. I'm sure others would like this... perhaps one should file a bug report.

Runiq

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Registered: 2008-10-29

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Re: makepkg: nice level

Why would you want to implement this in makepkg if it's possible to do it this way? Just asking.

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Fackamato

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Re: makepkg: nice level

Why would you want to implement this in makepkg if it's possible to do it this way? Just asking.

makepkg also sets cflags. Why would you want to do that, when you can do alias cc=cc -MFLAGSHERE

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

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Re: makepkg: nice level

Why would you want to implement this in makepkg if it's possible to do it this way? Just asking.

I guess he is relating makepkg's niceness to the PORTAGE_NICENESS that can be set in Gentoo's make.conf.

Runiq

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Re: makepkg: nice level

I'm sorry if that came out wrong, I didn't mean to be rude. As I said, I was just asking, and I now realize how this could be useful

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Fackamato

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Re: makepkg: nice level

Thanks for your answers