[Haskell-cafe] Cabal: Can only one processor core be used?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Dienstag, dem 02.04.2024 um 16:37 +0500 schrieb Alexey Vagarenko:
> Hi,
> 
> There is -j flag for this:
> https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/3.4/cabal-project.html#cfg-field-jobs

Okay, great. But only whole packages will be compiled in parallel, as
Henning has pointed out.

Cheers,
Volker

> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 4:23 PM Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I've searched the web and the cabal user guide on how to use more
> > processor
> > cores for compilation via cabal. I couldn't find anything.
> > 
> > It looks like only one processor core can be used with cabal, even
> > though
> > (I've read on the web) GHC supports parallel compilation.
> > 
> > Cabal compilation times can be a pain. It can't be that you can use only
> > one
> > processor core with cabal, can it ..?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Volker
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