[SOLVED] Unable to build nodejs and webkit

[sonofnet]

Hi, guys,

I'd appreciate some help. I'm not able to build nodejs and webkit on my Beelink GTR9 pro (AMD strix halo or zen 5 architecture).

Here are the files:
emerge-info for nodejs

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Portage 3.0.77 (python 3.13.11-final-0, default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop, gcc-15, glibc-2.42-r5, 6.18.7-gentoo-dist x86_64)
=================================================================
                         System Settings
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-6.18.7-gentoo-dist-x86_64-AMD_RYZEN_AI_MAX+_395_w-_Radeon_8060S-with-glibc2.42
KiB Mem:    32473084 total,  30740400 free
KiB Swap:          0 total,         0 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000
Head commit of repository gentoo: 0d0425c66aa3ecbb5ac3bb00e6661a095f8459ed
Timestamp of repository guru: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:31:04 +0000
Head commit of repository guru: f25fe730ce5f580a5d43832dfa3f8304e0c1e3e6

Head commit of repository librewolf: fcd75de8fecc257b0d697c671571e2b457722df6

sh bash 5.3_p9
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.45.1 p1) 2.45.1
app-misc/pax-utils:        1.3.10::gentoo
app-shells/bash:           5.3_p9::gentoo
dev-build/autoconf:        2.13-r8::gentoo, 2.72-r6::gentoo
dev-build/automake:        1.18.1::gentoo
dev-build/cmake:           4.2.1-r1::gentoo
dev-build/libtool:         2.5.4::gentoo
dev-build/make:            4.4.1-r102::gentoo
dev-build/meson:           1.10.1::gentoo
dev-lang/perl:             5.42.0-r1::gentoo
dev-lang/python:           3.13.11::gentoo, 3.14.2::gentoo
dev-lang/rust-bin:         1.86.0-r1::gentoo, 1.92.0::gentoo
llvm-core/clang:           21.1.8::gentoo
llvm-core/llvm:            21.1.8::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout:       2.18-r1::gentoo
sys-apps/openrc:           0.63::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox:          2.46::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils:        2.45.1::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.6::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc:             15.2.1_p20251122::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config:      2.12.2::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers:  6.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:            2.42-r5::gentoo
Repositories:

gentoo
    location: /var/db/repos/gentoo
    sync-type: rsync
    sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
    priority: -1000
    volatile: False
    sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes
    sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 3
    sync-rsync-extra-opts:
    sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1

guru
    location: /var/db/repos/guru
    sync-type: git
    sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/guru.git
    masters: gentoo
    volatile: False

librewolf
    location: /var/db/repos/librewolf
    sync-type: git
    sync-uri: https://codeberg.org/librewolf/gentoo.git
    masters: gentoo
    volatile: False

Binary Repositories:

gentoobinhost
    location: /var/cache/binhost/gentoobinhost
    priority: 1
    sync-uri: https://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/binpackages/23.0/x86-64
    verify-signature: None

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles"
ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR XDG_STATE_HOME"
FCFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs binpkg-multi-instance buildpkg-live compress-index config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync merge-wait multilib-strict network-sandbox news parallel-fetch pid-sandbox pkgdir-index-trusted preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="rsync://mirror.mephi.ru/gentoo-distfiles/ 		https://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/ 		rsync://ftp.byfly.by/gentoo/ 		rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/gentoo/"
LANG="C.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
LEX="flex"
MAKEOPTS="-j32 -l32"
PKGDIR="/var/cache/binpkgs"
PORTAGE_COMPRESS="bzip2"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
RUSTFLAGS=" -C target-cpu=native"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 amdgpu avif bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cet crypt cups dbus dist-kernel djvu dracut dri dts dvd dvdr echo-cancel elgind elogind encode exif ffmpeg flac fontconfig gdbm gif gpm grub gtk gui iconv icu imagemagick ipv6 jpeg jpeg2k jpegxl kvazaar lcms libnotify libtirpc lm-sensors lzma mad mng mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib ncurses networkmanager nls ogg openal opencl opengl openmp osmesa pam pango pcre pdf pipewire png policykit ppds qml qt6 radeonsi raw readline rocm samba savedconfig screencast sdl seccomp sound spell ssl startup-notification svg test-rust thunderbolt tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l vorbis wayland webp wifi wxwidgets x264 x265 xattr xcb xft xml xv xvid zeroconf zip zlib znver1" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gcc_15" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_anon authn_dbm authn_file authz_dbm authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon sheets words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 aes avx avx2 avx512_bf16 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 f16c fma3 pclmul popcnt rdrand sha sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 vpclmulqdq" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax navcom oceanserver oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 tsip tripmate tnt ublox" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64" GUILE_SINGLE_TARGET="3-0" GUILE_TARGETS="3-0" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb text" LLVM_TARGETS="X86" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1" LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php8-3" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres17" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_13" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_13" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby32 ruby33" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tarpit sysrq proto logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  ADDR2LINE, AR, ARFLAGS, AS, ASFLAGS, CC, CCLD, CONFIG_SHELL, CPP, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, CXXFILT, ELFEDIT, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, EXTRA_ECONF, F77FLAGS, FC, GCOV, GPROF, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LD, LFLAGS, LIBTOOL, LINGUAS, MAKE, MAKEFLAGS, NM, OBJCOPY, OBJDUMP, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PYTHONPATH, RANLIB, READELF, SIZE, STRINGS, STRIP, YACC, YFLAGS

emerge-pqv

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[ebuild  N    ] net-libs/nodejs-24.11.1-r1  USE="icu inspector npm snapshot ssl system-icu system-ssl -corepack -debug -doc (-lto) -pax-kernel -test" CPU_FLAGS_X86="sse2"

nodejs-env
https://codeberg.org/sonofnet/gentoo/sr ... dejs-error

And webkit errors:

emerge-info for webkit

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Portage 3.0.77 (python 3.13.11-final-0, default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop, gcc-15, glibc-2.42-r5, 6.18.7-gentoo-dist x86_64)
=================================================================
                         System Settings
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-6.18.7-gentoo-dist-x86_64-AMD_RYZEN_AI_MAX+_395_w-_Radeon_8060S-with-glibc2.42
KiB Mem:    32473084 total,  30393880 free
KiB Swap:          0 total,         0 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000
Head commit of repository gentoo: 0d0425c66aa3ecbb5ac3bb00e6661a095f8459ed
Timestamp of repository guru: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:31:04 +0000
Head commit of repository guru: f25fe730ce5f580a5d43832dfa3f8304e0c1e3e6

Head commit of repository librewolf: fcd75de8fecc257b0d697c671571e2b457722df6

sh bash 5.3_p9
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.45.1 p1) 2.45.1
app-misc/pax-utils:        1.3.10::gentoo
app-shells/bash:           5.3_p9::gentoo
dev-build/autoconf:        2.13-r8::gentoo, 2.72-r6::gentoo
dev-build/automake:        1.18.1::gentoo
dev-build/cmake:           4.2.1-r1::gentoo
dev-build/libtool:         2.5.4::gentoo
dev-build/make:            4.4.1-r102::gentoo
dev-build/meson:           1.10.1::gentoo
dev-lang/perl:             5.42.0-r1::gentoo
dev-lang/python:           3.13.11::gentoo, 3.14.2::gentoo
dev-lang/rust-bin:         1.86.0-r1::gentoo, 1.92.0::gentoo
llvm-core/clang:           21.1.8::gentoo
llvm-core/llvm:            21.1.8::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout:       2.18-r1::gentoo
sys-apps/openrc:           0.63::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox:          2.46::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils:        2.45.1::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.6::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc:             15.2.1_p20251122::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config:      2.12.2::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers:  6.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:            2.42-r5::gentoo
Repositories:

gentoo
    location: /var/db/repos/gentoo
    sync-type: rsync
    sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
    priority: -1000
    volatile: False
    sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes
    sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1
    sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 3
    sync-rsync-extra-opts:

guru
    location: /var/db/repos/guru
    sync-type: git
    sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/guru.git
    masters: gentoo
    volatile: False

librewolf
    location: /var/db/repos/librewolf
    sync-type: git
    sync-uri: https://codeberg.org/librewolf/gentoo.git
    masters: gentoo
    volatile: False

Binary Repositories:

gentoobinhost
    location: /var/cache/binhost/gentoobinhost
    priority: 1
    sync-uri: https://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/binpackages/23.0/x86-64
    verify-signature: None

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles"
ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR XDG_STATE_HOME"
FCFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs binpkg-multi-instance buildpkg-live compress-index config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync merge-wait multilib-strict network-sandbox news parallel-fetch pid-sandbox pkgdir-index-trusted preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="rsync://mirror.mephi.ru/gentoo-distfiles/ 		https://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/ 		rsync://ftp.byfly.by/gentoo/ 		rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/gentoo/"
LANG="C.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
LEX="flex"
MAKEOPTS="-j32 -l32"
PKGDIR="/var/cache/binpkgs"
PORTAGE_COMPRESS="bzip2"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
RUSTFLAGS=" -C target-cpu=native"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 amdgpu avif bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cet crypt cups dbus dist-kernel djvu dracut dri dts dvd dvdr echo-cancel elgind elogind encode exif ffmpeg flac fontconfig gdbm gif gpm grub gtk gui iconv icu imagemagick ipv6 jpeg jpeg2k jpegxl kvazaar lcms libnotify libtirpc lm-sensors lzma mad mng mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib ncurses networkmanager nls ogg openal opencl opengl openmp osmesa pam pango pcre pdf pipewire png policykit ppds qml qt6 radeonsi raw readline rocm samba savedconfig screencast sdl seccomp sound spell ssl startup-notification svg test-rust thunderbolt tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l vorbis wayland webp wifi wxwidgets x264 x265 xattr xcb xft xml xv xvid zeroconf zip zlib znver1" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gcc_15" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_anon authn_dbm authn_file authz_dbm authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon sheets words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 aes avx avx2 avx512_bf16 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 f16c fma3 pclmul popcnt rdrand sha sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 vpclmulqdq" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax navcom oceanserver oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 tsip tripmate tnt ublox" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64" GUILE_SINGLE_TARGET="3-0" GUILE_TARGETS="3-0" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb text" LLVM_TARGETS="X86" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1" LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php8-3" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres17" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_13" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_13" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby32 ruby33" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tarpit sysrq proto logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  ADDR2LINE, AR, ARFLAGS, AS, ASFLAGS, CC, CCLD, CONFIG_SHELL, CPP, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, CXXFILT, ELFEDIT, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, EXTRA_ECONF, F77FLAGS, FC, GCOV, GPROF, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LD, LFLAGS, LIBTOOL, LINGUAS, MAKE, MAKEFLAGS, NM, OBJCOPY, OBJDUMP, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PYTHONPATH, RANLIB, READELF, SIZE, STRINGS, STRIP, YACC, YFLAGS

emerge-pqv for webkit

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[ebuild  N    ] net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.50.4-r600  USE="X avif gstreamer introspection jpegxl (jumbo-build) lcms pdf (seccomp) spell wayland (-aqua) -examples -gamepad -keyring -systemd"

emerge webkit build log
https://codeberg.org/sonofnet/gentoo/sr ... -build-log

[Administrator edit: broke long whitespace-free lines in code tags to fix thread layout. -Hu]

[flexibeast]

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>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.50.4-r600/work/webkitgtk-2.50.4 ...

// removed a bunch of code, tell me if I need to post the whole 4.5Mb of it.

ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Yes, you need to share a link to a paste of the full log; the bit you snipped out will probably show the actual error, which might point to the underlying issue. The bit at the end you retained is just showing that the build system (Ninja) attempted to execute a command, which failed ("subcommand failed'), but unfortunately Ninja doesn't feel like giving us the details. (Here's a comment by me on a longstanding open issue about this.)

[sonofnet]

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>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.50.4-r600/work/webkitgtk-2.50.4 ...

// removed a bunch of code, tell me if I need to post the whole 4.5Mb of it.

ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Yes, you need to share a link to a paste of the full log; the bit you snipped out will probably show the actual error, which might point to the underlying issue. The bit at the end you retained is just showing that the build system (Ninja) attempted to execute a command, which failed ("subcommand failed'), but unfortunately Ninja doesn't feel like giving us the details. (Here's a comment by me on a longstanding open issue about this.)

I've uploaded two full build reports:
https://codeberg.org/sonofnet/gentoo/sr ... dejs-error
https://codeberg.org/sonofnet/gentoo/sr ... -build-log

[jburns]

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MAKEOPTS="-j32 -l32" 

-j32 is too big. Try -j16 or add swap space. With -j32 you should have 64G of memory available.

You should also have EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS defined with a job limit unless you define a job limit with the emerge command.

[Josef.95]

Yes, this is the out of memory error from build.log

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x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++: fatal error: Killed signal terminated program cc1plus
compilation terminated.

See in dmesg too.

[Anon-E-moose]

1st error was this

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FAILED: [code=1] obj/deps/v8/src/maglev/v8_base_without_compiler.maglev-code-generator.o

Jburns is right, -j32 is probably too much given you have 32g memory.
I would also set load to 16, in other words -j16 -l16

[sonofnet]

Yes, this is the out of memory error from build.log

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x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++: fatal error: Killed signal terminated program cc1plus
compilation terminated.

See in dmesg too.

Thanks, guys, that worked! Couldn't figure it out myself.

[sonofnet]

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MAKEOPTS="-j32 -l32" 

-j32 is too big. Try -j16 or add swap space. With -j32 you should have 64G of memory available.

You should also have EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS defined with a job limit unless you define a job limit with the emerge command.

I'm trying to figure out the right settings for my setup.
I've got 16 cores, 32 threads, 32Gb of RAM.

MAKEOPTS="-jN -lM" <<<<<<<< that gives me number of simultanious compiling jobs?
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-jX -lY" <<<<<<<< that gives me a total parallel number of downloading, configuring, compiling and installing/copying jobs, right?
PORTAGE_NICENESS="Z" <<<<<<<< that one decides the priority of the portage process, otherwise kills processes that are less valuable, right?

My guess would be smth like this:

MAKEOPTS="-j4 -lM" <<<<<<<< what does load mean? How much of the resources do a leave out for comfortable work?
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-j4 -lY" <<<<<<<< does this load mean the same thing?
PORTAGE_NICENESS="1"

So load should be N*0.7 if I want portage to take 70% of the resources? Is that right?

[Anon-E-moose]

-j is the number of jobs to run, ie number of cpu processors to use
-l says stay below the system load average

man emerge and look for --load-average

I personally don't use the load average flag, I adjust the # of jobs instead.
But if I were going to use the -l flag, I'd set it no higher than the -j flag.

[Banana]

There is also a wikipage about MAKEOPTS. It may help to clarify things.

[sonofnet]

-j is the number of jobs to run, ie number of cpu processors to use
-l says stay below the system load average

man emerge and look for --load-average

I personally don't use the load average flag, I adjust the # of jobs instead.
But if I were going to use the -l flag, I'd set it no higher than the -j flag.

Thanks, that's helps a little!

[sonofnet]

There is also a wikipage about MAKEOPTS. It may help to clarify things.

Thank you, I did read it, but when you're not a developer, it is hard to grasp the difference between different stages of a build.

Like MAKEOPTS limits how many parallel make jobs when invoked.
And EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS allows for parallel emerge operations. Make is a part of emerge operations is it?

So I'm trying to figure out the difference. I'm guessing that DEFAULT_OPTS is a bigger thing, that contains make operations. So MAKEOPTS is how many make spawn inside one emerge. Is that correct? That's not very clear for me from the wiki.


BTW, this might be helpful in the handbook with emerge steps added.

[NeddySeagoon]

sonofnet,

There are two levels of parrallism going on here.
MAKEOPS sets the number of concurrent make threads that any one package can use.
Emerge --jobs sets the number of packages that portage will build concurrently.

This means that it's possible to have MAKEOPTS processes running for each portage job.
They may all want 2G RAM too.

It gets worse loadaverage is a laggy measure. I don't use it.

It's possible to set MAKEOPTS per package too.
Then there is steve, see the Wiki.
Steve is a global job control system. It may still be in ~arch, so it may be marked for you.
Again, there is a wiki page.

[Banana]

...
BTW, this might be helpful in the handbook with emerge steps added.

Important note: The mentioned resource is NOT an offical gentoo documentation, but rather some AI-generated text. Use only at own risk.

DeepWiki started as a closed-source project by DevinAI, aiming to solve this universal developer pain point. The idea was simple but powerful: automatically generate comprehensive documentation for any GitHub repository using AI.

There is already a part about it in the official gentoo documentation: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:A ... e#MAKEOPTS

[sonofnet]

sonofnet,

There are two levels of parrallism going on here.
MAKEOPS sets the number of concurrent make threads that any one package can use.
Emerge --jobs sets the number of packages that portage will build concurrently.

This means that it's possible to have MAKEOPTS processes running for each portage job.
They may all want 2G RAM too.

It gets worse loadaverage is a laggy measure. I don't use it.

It's possible to set MAKEOPTS per package too.
Then there is steve, see the Wiki.
Steve is a global job control system. It may still be in ~arch, so it may be marked for you.
Again, there is a wiki page.

Thanks, for clarification! It is helpful. Didn't know about steve.

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BTW, this might be helpful in the handbook with emerge steps added.

Important note: The mentioned resource is NOT an offical gentoo documentation, but rather some AI-generated text. Use only at own risk.

DeepWiki started as a closed-source project by DevinAI, aiming to solve this universal developer pain point. The idea was simple but powerful: automatically generate comprehensive documentation for any GitHub repository using AI.

There is already a part about it in the official gentoo documentation: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:A ... e#MAKEOPTS

Thanks!

I have no more questions on this topic here. Thank you all for your answers!