Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of howto/ParallelBuilding

Timestamp:

Feb 18, 2008, 3:47:27 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

raimue (Rainer Müller)

Comment:

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howto/ParallelBuilding

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 and change it to the number of parallel build jobs you want to use. It is common to either use the number of cores or number of cores+1. If you set it to `0`, it will automatically take the number of cores you have.
 
-That was it.
+That was it. From now on, port will use parallel build jobs.
 
-== Note == 
+== Note ==
 
-Please note that this is opt-in. It will only work with ports specifying `use_parallel_build  yes` as some developers are concerned it might break ports which have insufficient dependencies in their Makefiles.
+Please note that this feature is opt-in. It will only work with ports specifying 
+{{{
+use_parallel_build  yes
+}}}
+Some developers are concerned it might break ports which have insufficient dependencies in their Makefiles.
+
+If any port still does not build with this feature, see above how to disable it from command line for a specific port and open a ticket in our bug tracker or report it upstream.
+
+== Enable/disable from command line ==
+
+This feature can also be enabled or disabled from command line.
+{{{
+$ port install $portname build.jobs=N
+}}}
+Where N is the number of parallel build jobs to use. If you specify `build.jobs=1` it will be disabled.
 
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