[30735] trunk/doc-new/man/xml/portfile-phase.7.xml

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Revision: 30735
          http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/30735
Author:   markd at macports.org
Date:     2007-11-05 11:36:24 -0800 (Mon, 05 Nov 2007)

Log Message:
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Clarify what use_parallel_build does.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc-new/man/xml/portfile-phase.7.xml

Modified: trunk/doc-new/man/xml/portfile-phase.7.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc-new/man/xml/portfile-phase.7.xml	2007-11-05 19:27:21 UTC (rev 30734)
+++ trunk/doc-new/man/xml/portfile-phase.7.xml	2007-11-05 19:36:24 UTC (rev 30735)
@@ -1210,12 +1210,19 @@
           <term>configure.compiler</term>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Select a compiler suite to fill the compiler environment variables. All variables/tools a compiler suite can provide are set. Manually set variables are not overwritten. Dependencies are not added for you, as they may be just build- or also run-dependencies. Keep in mind that not all compiler suites might be available on your platform.</para>
+            <para>Select a compiler suite to fill the compiler environment
+            variables. All variables/tools a compiler suite can provide are
+            set. Manually set variables are not overwritten. Dependencies are
+            not added for you, as they may be just build- or also
+            run-dependencies. Keep in mind that not all compiler suites might
+            be available on your platform.</para>
 
             <itemizedlist>
               <listitem>
                 <para>Default: <literal>gcc-3.3</literal>Mac OS X 10.3</para>
-                <para>Default: <literal>gcc-4.0</literal>Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5</para>
+
+                <para>Default: <literal>gcc-4.0</literal>Mac OS X 10.4,
+                10.5</para>
               </listitem>
 
               <listitem>
@@ -1305,7 +1312,8 @@
           <term>configure.install</term>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Set INSTALL flag for selecting an install tool; used for copying files and creating directories</para>
+            <para>Set INSTALL flag for selecting an install tool; used for
+            copying files and creating directories</para>
 
             <itemizedlist>
               <listitem>
@@ -1707,7 +1715,10 @@
           <term>use_parallel_build</term>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>This keyword is for specifying if it is safe to build a port in parallel.</para>
+            <para>This keyword is for specifying if it is safe for a port to
+            use multiple cpus or multiple cores in parallel during its build
+            phase. This keyword uses the gcc option <code>make
+            -j</code>.</para>
 
             <itemizedlist>
               <listitem>
@@ -1722,7 +1733,6 @@
             </itemizedlist>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
-
       </variablelist>
     </refsection>
 
@@ -1927,4 +1937,4 @@
 
     <para>Markus W. Weissmann <email>mww at macports.org</email></para>
   </refsection>
-</refentry>
+</refentry>
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