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| author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2022-01-19 13:44:22 -0500 |
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| committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2022-02-06 18:46:32 -0500 |
| commit | 15db387f18f290702193d0ea1ed64f2408dadaaa (patch) | |
| tree | dbbc4231c5565baa87a7a1f406f6696b37408706 /NEWS | |
| parent | aab51f7ef20a20780eaa0a4bbd56636a0bd0e32d (diff) | |
| download | make-git-15db387f18f290702193d0ea1ed64f2408dadaaa.tar.gz | |
* src/job.c (load_too_high): Re-enable Linux /proc/loadavg checks.
Further experimentation shows that my previous thinking that there
was a problem using this was woefully mistaken. The value generated
by the kernel shows runn*ABLE* processes not runn*ING* processes.
* NEWS: Announce the change.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
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@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=109&se comparison. Implementation provided by Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> +* New feature: Improved support for -l / --load-average + On systems that provide /proc/loadavg (Linux), GNU make will use it to + determine the number of runnable jobs and use this as the current load, + avoiding the need for heuristics. + Implementation provided by Sven C. Dack <sdack@gmx.com> + * If the MAKEFLAGS variable is modified in a makefile, it will be re-parsed immediately rather than after all makefiles have been read. Note that although all options are parsed immediately, some special effects won't |