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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: -djob-count not working?
From:       David Kastrup <dak () gnu ! org>
Date:       2018-12-23 17:03:49
Message-ID: 87efa8b2fe.fsf () fencepost ! gnu ! org
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Federico Bruni <fede@inventati.org> writes:

> Hi folks
>
> I would expect -djob-count=2 to launch 2 processes which I should see
> in my system monitor, but I see only one lilypond instance. I'm
> missing something or what?

Have you specified more than one input file on the command line?

> I have a 2 core CPU (and 4 threads).
>
> By the way, when I build a project of mine which uses Meson/Ninja, I
> see 4 lilypond processes active at the same time. This happens because
> Meson automatically detects the number of CPU and parallelize itself
> accordingly:
> https://mesonbuild.com/Running-Meson.html#building-the-source

make --jobs does the same.

-- 
David Kastrup

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