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diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index 20ca9d7d..0a9ef41e 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -205,15 +205,16 @@ If the build system prefers out of source tree building but still allows in source building, the latter can be re-enabled by passing a build directory path that is the same as the source directory path. -=item B<-j>[I<maximum>], B<--parallel>[I<=maximum>] +=item B<--max-parallel>[I<=maximum>] -Indicate that a source package supports building using multiple parallel -processes. This only enables parallel building if the build system supports -it, and I<parallel=n> is present in the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment -variable (as per Debian Policy section 4.9.1). +By default, the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable can be used to +enable parallel building, when supported by the build system. -The number of parallel processes will be the smaller value specified by -I<--parallel>, DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS, or a build system specific limit. +This option allows controlling how many parallel jobs can be used in a +build. If set to 1, concurrent builds are disabled -- do this if +the package build is known not to work in parallel. If the package build +is known to only work with certian levels of concurrency, you can set this +to the maximum level that is known to work, or that you wish to support. =item B<--list>, B<-l> |