• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    5 months ago

    Why does this option without specifying a number of threads even exist? It might as well be footgun mode.

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      5 months ago

      I’m pretty sure it’s “run as many threads as there are cores” mode, though if you’re running it in a terminal I always find it best to use nproc-1 or -2 so the machine actually stays usable.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever used -j without specifying as many cores as I have, so it sounds completely reasonable.