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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-10-05 08:21:52 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-10-05 08:21:52 +0000
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<term><option>-j</option></term>
<listitem><para>Sets the maximum number of build jobs that Nix will
- perform in parallel to the specified number. The default is 1. A
- higher value is useful on SMP systems or to exploit I/O latency.</para></listitem>
+ perform in parallel to the specified number. The default is
+ specified by the <link
+ linkend='conf-build-max-jobs'><literal>build-max-jobs</literal></link>
+ configuration setting, which itself defaults to
+ <literal>1</literal>. A higher value is useful on SMP systems or to
+ exploit I/O latency. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>