R devel - Nov 2008 - parallel build for package? (equivalent of make -j8)

I have a package that takes about 20 minutes to compile which tends to
prolong the compile/test/compile cycle.

Does anyone know how to get R CMD check or R CMD INSTALL to use parallel make?

I looked at R CMD INSTALL --help, but I don't see anything obvious
arguments to do this.

Thanks,
Whit

Whit Armstrong wrote:
> I have a package that takes about 20 minutes to compile which tends to
> prolong the compile/test/compile cycle.
> 
> Does anyone know how to get R CMD check or R CMD INSTALL to use parallel
make?
> 
> I looked at R CMD INSTALL --help, but I don't see anything obvious
> arguments to do this.
Platform?

Does

MAKE="make -j8" R CMD INSTALL ...

not work?

(Beware: Here there be Tygers. Parallel makes have their surprises....)

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