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diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml index fc8748fc3..a37e37774 100644 --- a/chapter08/gcc.xml +++ b/chapter08/gcc.xml @@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <important> <para>In this section, the test suite for GCC is considered - critical. Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para> + important, but it takes a long time. First time builders are + encouraged to not skip it. The time to run the tests can be + reduced significantly by adding -jx to the make command below + where x is the number of cores on your system.</para> </important> <para>One set of tests in the GCC test suite is known to exhaust the default |