"daemon-user-count 4" isn't enough on big boxes

cachix / install-nix-action

Installs Nix on GitHub Actions for the supported platforms: Linux and macOS.

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Closed dysinger closed 3 years ago

dysinger commented 3 years ago

Install enough nixbld daemon users so that max-jobs = auto isn't a problem on a 16+ core box

fixes #79

domenkozar commented 3 years ago

Seems like it needs sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu on macOS

dysinger commented 3 years ago

Ah ... correct. Needs more work.

dysinger commented 3 years ago

This tiny patch does fix things for us though. We use a couple big beefy build boxes for our github runners (because haskell.)

domenkozar commented 3 years ago

I'll try to come up with a patch tomorrow.