[CMake] visual studio parallel build

j s j.s4403 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 30 14:16:06 EDT 2009


I guess I won't be using the parallel option in Visual Studio, then.  A
non-deterministic build order is not worth the risk.

Juan

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:53 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:44 AM, j s<j.s4403 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > By default visual studio uses 2 threads on my machine, a dual core AMD.
> >
> > I notice when I have RUNTESTS (I can't remember) enabled, it may attempt
> to
> > run the tests before my project is even built.
> >
> > If certain sub directories depend on a target in another directory
> already
> > being built, is it safe to use the multi-threaded option in visual
> studio?
> >
>
> I have been using parallel builds with visual studio 2005 for over 1
> year. It sometimes creates situations like this but since it saves me
> 10s of minutes per day I deal with the issues. Generally building the
> same project a second time fixes any problems and is usually quick
> since most stuff builds correctly on the first pas.
>
> John
>
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