#14164: Describe macports.conf setting buildmakejobs in guide -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@macports.org | Owner: markd@macports.org Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Website & Documentation Component: guide | Version: 1.6.0 Keywords: | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- 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. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/14164> MacPorts </projects/macports> Ports system for Mac OS