Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz> writes:
> On 02/09/16 04:44, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> You can try this out by building PostgreSQL this way. Please save your
>> work first, because you might have to hard-reboot your system.
> Hmm... I've built several versions of pg this way, without any obvious
> problems!
I'm a little skeptical of that too. However, I'd note that with a "make"
you're not likely to care, or possibly even notice, if the thing does
something like go completely to sleep for a little while, or if some
sub-jobs proceed well while others do not. The fact that "-l 8" works
okay for make doesn't necessarily translate to more-interactive use cases.
regards, tom lane
