I have a Jamfile defining a bunch of tests with run rules. When I run those tests via b2, they are all run one at a time (essentially), regardless of what I pass as -j argument. This makes my tests take a very long time to run. (this is my Jamfile https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/blob/RC_1_2/test/Jamfile#L163 )
Looking into this problem a bit, I suspect that it's really linking the test binaries that's serialised, the tests just happen to take about as long as it takes to link.
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.
Is my assessment correct?
If so, is there a way to tell b2 that I really *do* want to link in parallel?
If not, is there some other mechanism at play, that I can work around to allow parallel linking?
thanks!
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Arvid Norberg