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diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index de390572..8ea3f31f 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -205,6 +205,24 @@ 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>] + +Indicate that a source package supports building using multiple parallel +processes. However, the package will be built in this mode only if the build +system supports this feature and tag I<parallel=n> is present in the +DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable (as per Debian Policy section 4.9.1). +The number of spawned parallel processes will be the smallest value of I<n>, +I<maximum> (if specified) or a build system specific limit. + +If value of I<maximum> is 1, parallel building will be forcefully disabled. +Such construct can be used to negate effects of the previously specified +I<--parallel> option. + +If I<--parallel> is not specified, a debhelper build system will neither +attempt to enforce nor prevent parallel building. This typically means a source +package does not to support parallel building or enforces it in other ways +(e.g. by modifying MAKEFLAGS manually). + =item B<--list>, B<-l> List all build systems supported by debhelper on this system. The list |