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| author | Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org> | 2022-11-25 10:56:10 -0700 |
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| committer | Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org> | 2022-11-29 13:07:01 -0700 |
| commit | 6c7d3dba71b627b7ab6d30479effb5965c83a6b7 (patch) | |
| tree | 7275f4ef7517ed9551d455a74db2bee9839e602f /README.cygwin | |
| parent | 67f006ee23a6331e90c3c0429a81e23e0680d8ee (diff) | |
| download | perl-6c7d3dba71b627b7ab6d30479effb5965c83a6b7.tar.gz | |
README.cygwin: Note parallel compiling/testing is available
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diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin index c8cd740c04..79dc74ab6f 100644 --- a/README.cygwin +++ b/README.cygwin @@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ build perl from sources. Simply run I<make> and wait: - make 2>&1 | tee log.make + make -jn 2>&1 | tee log.make + +where I<n> is the maximum number of simultaneous compilations you want; +omitting this parameter is the same as specifying C<-j1>. =head1 TEST ON CYGWIN @@ -217,7 +220,12 @@ There are two steps to running the test suite: cd t; ./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness The same tests are run both times, but more information is provided when -running as C<./perl harness>. +running as C<./perl harness>, and you can run the tests in parallel by +instead specifying + + cd t; TEST_JOBS=n ./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness + +where I<n> is the maximum number of tests to run simulataneously. Test results vary depending on your host system and your Cygwin configuration. If a test can pass in some Cygwin setup, it is always |