Re: How to disable GCC parallel compilation of universal binaries?

Clark S. Cox III <clarkcox3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> The OP's problem isn't one of *make* spawning multiple processes, so the
> -j option won't help here. Make is simply calling a single instance of
> gcc, it's *gcc* that is actually performing a pair of compiles and
> lipo-ing them together under the hood.

Yes, but as far as I can tell, the compiles don't always happen in
parallel. I never see more than 1 compile process at a time on my
(single core) machine.

On my sluggish PowerBook G4 / 512 MB, 7 file project:

- ppc only:   50 Sec.
- universal: 110 Sec.

GCC probably makes a different decision on a multi core system. So maybe
the solution is to disable one core ;-)

patrick