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feat: add how to reduce memory usage while building #356

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feat: add how to reduce memory usage while building
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feat: make options consistent
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Expand Up @@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ A workaround here is to limit the job number while building.
MAKEFLAGS="-j4" colcon build --symlink-install --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
```

You can adjust `-j4` to any number based on your system.
You can adjust `-j4` to any number based on your system. Please see [manual page of GNU make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Parallel-Disable) for details.
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By reducing the number of packages built in parallel, you can also reduce the amount of memory used. In the following example, the number of packages built in parallel is set to 1, and the number of jobs used by `make` is limited to 1.
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```bash
MAKEFLAGS="-j1" colcon build --symlink-install --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release --parallel-workers 1
```
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[nits] @Shin-kyoto Don't you have to add a note that the compilation speed will inevitably be slow?

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@kenji-miyake
Thank you for your comment.
I added note in dbc08ff


### Errors when using the latest version of Autoware

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