On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 12:31, Andrew Haley via Gcc-help <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 7/19/23 10:51, Jonathan Wakely via Gcc-help wrote: > > Are you using more than one make job, with the -j option? > > Oh, good spot! It never occurred to me that anyone might run make on a > many-core box without -j . Every time somebody on the #gcc IRC channel asks whether it's normal for building GCC to take 4+ hours, they're running a single make job. Many people don't know the -j option exists!