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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a88b7747fc..fe1f8a8b76 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -596,7 +596,9 @@ parallelism---for instance, by running @code{make -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES}. @item --max-jobs=@var{n} @itemx -M @var{n} Allow at most @var{n} build jobs in parallel. The default value is -@code{1}. +@code{1}. Setting it to @code{0} means that no builds will be performed +locally; instead, the daemon will offload builds (@pxref{Daemon Offload +Setup}), or simply fail. @item --debug Produce debugging output. @@ -2765,6 +2767,12 @@ may be helpful when debugging setup issues with the build daemon. Allow the use of up to @var{n} CPU cores for the build. The special value @code{0} means to use as many CPU cores as available. +@item --max-jobs=@var{n} +@itemx -M @var{n} +Allow at most @var{n} build jobs in parallel. @xref{Invoking +guix-daemon, @code{--max-jobs}}, for details about this option and the +equivalent @command{guix-daemon} option. + @end table Behind the scenes, @command{guix build} is essentially an interface to |