If make dies in stage2 or stage3, starts over

[Mike Stump]

> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:28:49 -0500
> From: "Jerry Quinn" <Jerry.Quinn.jquinn@nt.com>
> To: egcs-bugs@cygnus.com

> K-box a number of times and I try to do it with make -j -l 6.

I use make MAKE='make -j6' -j6 myself.

> Invariably, the load shoots through the roof

Sounds about right.  :-)

> (bug in make?) and I will eventually die because of running out of
> processes.

Bug in make, try GNU make, or maybe just how you run it?

> I would like to resume the build where I left off

:-(

> Perhaps having separate top-level targets for the gcc stages would
> be helpful.

Already have them...  Check out the Makefile.  But I agree, would be
nice to restart a build and have it pick up at the right place by
itself.

> I can't use make -j 6 since only the infinite -j flag gets passed down
> and parallel build in just the top directory isn't very useful.

See above.