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| author | Domen Kožar <domen@dev.si> | 2018-08-29 11:51:51 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-08-29 11:51:51 +0100 |
| commit | 54df4bb0b5d45a17945d8c4b0e38cd4ae167a732 (patch) | |
| tree | a5cfe47ead2bac10f2c4216e184bfd068e659446 /doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | |
| parent | c651b7bdc996a18688c5e5dd5dd84eeeb8d3376d (diff) | |
nix.conf: mention -j0 is useful
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 1865bb37c..3851cf18d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ builtins.fetchurl { <listitem><para>This option defines the maximum number of jobs that Nix will try to build in parallel. The default is <literal>1</literal>. The special value <literal>auto</literal> - causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system. It can be + causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system. <literal>0</literal> + is useful when using remote builders to prevent any local builds. It can be overridden using the <option linkend='opt-max-jobs'>--max-jobs</option> (<option>-j</option>) command line switch.</para></listitem> |