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diff --git a/chapter04/aboutsbus.xml b/chapter04/aboutsbus.xml index 61eb2276d..5dea1fb23 100644 --- a/chapter04/aboutsbus.xml +++ b/chapter04/aboutsbus.xml @@ -36,25 +36,25 @@ to give an estimate of how long it might take to install a package, but the numbers can vary by as much as dozens of minutes in some cases.</para> - <note><para>For many modern systems with multiple processors (or cores) the - compilation time for a package can be reduced by performing a "parallel make" - by either setting an environment variable or telling the - <command>make</command> program how many processors are available. For - instance, a Core2Duo can support two simultaneous processes with:</para> + <note> + <para>For many modern systems with multiple processors (or cores) the + compilation time for a package can be reduced by performing a "parallel + make" by either setting an environment variable or telling the + <command>make</command> program how many processors are available. For + instance, a Core2Duo can support two simultaneous processes with:</para> - <screen><userinput>export MAKEFLAGS='-j 2'</userinput></screen> + <screen><userinput>export MAKEFLAGS='-j 2'</userinput></screen> - <para>or just building with:</para> + <para>or just building with:</para> - <screen><userinput>make -j2</userinput></screen> - - <para>When multiple processors are used in this way, the SBU units in the - book will vary even more than they normally would. Analyzing the output of - the build process will also be more difficult because the lines of different - processes will be interleaved. If you run into a problem with a build step, - revert back to a single processor build to properly analyze the error - messages.</para> + <screen><userinput>make -j2</userinput></screen> + <para>When multiple processors are used in this way, the SBU units in the + book will vary even more than they normally would. In some cases, the make + step will simply fail. Analyzing the output of the build process will also + be more difficult because the lines of different processes will be + interleaved. If you run into a problem with a build step, revert back to a + single processor build to properly analyze the error messages.</para> </note> </sect1> |