parallel build for package? (equivalent of make -j8)
Peter Dalgaard wrote:
Whit Armstrong wrote:
I have a package that takes about 20 minutes to compile which tends to prolong the compile/test/compile cycle. Does anyone know how to get R CMD check or R CMD INSTALL to use parallel make? I looked at R CMD INSTALL --help, but I don't see anything obvious arguments to do this.
Platform? Does MAKE="make -j8" R CMD INSTALL ...
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not work?
I cannot believe this works safely, at least when installing into the same library, because of R's lock mechanism that locks a library if *one* installation is running ... Best, Uwe
(Beware: Here there be Tygers. Parallel makes have their surprises....)