Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Segfault in bjam
From: Philipp Thomas (pth_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-31 13:23:15
* Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden]) [20100826 18:52]:
> I took Noel's comment to mean that bjam does respect MAXJOBS, but the current
> setting is larger than fd_set structure is able to keep.
But at least a quick glance at the boost-jam code seemed to show that it
doesn't in all cases. I'll reexamine one I get time for it.
> I was not able to figure, or find any define, that tells how many
> descriptors fd_set can hold.
AFAIK there is no limit, but I'll see what SUS and POSIX have to say on
that.
Philipp