* `nix-store --build' now builds its arguments in parallel instead of

  sequentially (within the limits set by `--jobs').  This should
  greatly improve the utilisation of the build farm when doing Nixpkgs
  builds.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/nix-store/main.cc b/src/nix-store/main.cc
index 12b61c76f7..7c86395a64 100644
--- a/src/nix-store/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix-store/main.cc
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ static void opBuild(Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
 {
     if (!opFlags.empty()) throw UsageError("unknown flag");
 
+    buildDerivations(PathSet(opArgs.begin(), opArgs.end()));
+
     for (Strings::iterator i = opArgs.begin();
          i != opArgs.end(); i++)
     {
-        buildDerivation(*i);
         Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(*i);
         cout << format("%1%\n") % findOutput(drv, "out");
     }