Re: [Boost-build] linking and running tests in parallel

From: Arvid Norberg (arvid.norberg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-08-28 10:46:16

On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 4:45 PM Steven Watanabe via Boost-build <
boost-build_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 3/29/19 2:57 AM, Arvid Norberg via Boost-build wrote:
> > <snip>
> > In the gcc toolset, there's mentioning of JAM_SEMAPHORE, in the link
> rules.
> > I don't fully understand how this affect the linking, but I suspect it
> > means only one target can be linked at a time.
> >
> > https://github.com/boostorg/build/blob/develop/src/tools/gcc.jam#L1064
> > [...]
>
> This is a very old optimization which is almost
> certainly out-dated.  If no one objects, I'm
> just going to remove it.
>

I'm still experiencing this issue and seeing the JAM_SEMAPHORE in gcc.jam
and clang-linux.jam in boost-1.74.0

-- 
Arvid Norberg