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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd@cygwin.com>
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 08:15:19PM -0400, Rolf Campbell wrote:
>make -j does work in cygwin, to an extent.  If you try to use too many 
>processes, cygwin seems to flip out.  -j20 does seem to work fine though 
>(it only starts acting strang around -j100).

More likely it "flips out" around -j62 or so.

cgf

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