Installing ports in parallel

[Jeremy Lavergne]

>> I don't find a way to let port install multiple independent ports in
>> parallel to maximally use the cores on a machine. Is there a way to do
>> so? Thanks!
> 
> No need. Ports (that can) automatically build in parallel themselves.

He means two separate ports, rather than building a single port with multiple threads.

We aim to take advantage of building a single port in parallel, not several ports in parallel, as there is just one lock mechanism in MacPorts.