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README.cygwin: Note parallel compiling/testing is available
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khwilliamson committed Nov 29, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ build perl from sources.

Simply run I<make> and wait:

make 2>&1 | tee log.make
make -jn 2>&1 | tee log.make

where I<n> is the maximum number of simultaneous compilations you want;
omitting this parameter is the same as specifying C<-j1>.

=head1 TEST ON CYGWIN

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cd t; ./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness

The same tests are run both times, but more information is provided when
running as C<./perl harness>.
running as C<./perl harness>, and you can run the tests in parallel by
instead specifying

cd t; TEST_JOBS=n ./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness

where I<n> is the maximum number of tests to run simulataneously.

Test results vary depending on your host system and your Cygwin
configuration. If a test can pass in some Cygwin setup, it is always
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