Re: [arch-general] makepkg - any way to recompile only newly patched files in large packages?

On 08/07/2017 06:06 AM, Christoph Gysin via arch-general wrote:

Not the answer to your question, but you might consider configuring /etc/makepkg.conf to use ccache to speed up rebuilds. Also set MAKEFLAGS=-j4 or similar to make sure you are using all available cores.

Thanks Cristoph, How do you know whether a package is capable of being built in parallel? I've run into problems before with big builds when building in parallel. Is it just a 'try and see if it works' issue, or is there some general rule-of-thumb you can use? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.