[MacPorts] #14164: Describe macports.conf setting buildmakejobs in guide

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Sun Feb 3 08:33:28 PST 2008


#14164: Describe macports.conf setting buildmakejobs in guide
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 Reporter:  ryandesign at macports.org  |       Owner:  markd at macports.org     
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  Website & Documentation
Component:  guide                    |     Version:  1.6.0                  
 Keywords:                           |  
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 The guide should describe the macports.conf setting `buildmakejobs`.
 Currently it only says this:

 > '''use_parallel_build'''[[br]][[br]]This keyword is for specifying
 whether or not it is safe for a port to use multiple cpus or multiple
 cores in parallel during its build phase. If a port is declared to be
 builadble [sic] this way, the option -j N may be passed to the make
 command if parallel builds are enabled system-wide. This can be obtained
 by setting buildmakejobs in macports.conf. The integer N refers to the
 number of parallel build threads.

 But this is in the section on writing portfiles. `buildmakejobs` should
 also be mentioned in a section on the conf file. It should also mention
 that setting `buildmakejobs` to 0 will cause MacPorts to automatically
 figure out how many cores or CPUs are in your computer and use that value.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/14164>
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