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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/stdenv.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/stdenv.xml b/doc/stdenv.xml index 46b562a794f02..ee3403c196a47 100644 --- a/doc/stdenv.xml +++ b/doc/stdenv.xml @@ -251,10 +251,17 @@ genericBuild <varlistentry> <term><varname>enableParallelBuilding</varname></term> - <listitem><para>If set, <literal>stdenv</literal> will pass specific - flags to <literal>make</literal> and other build tools to enable - parallel building with up to <literal>build-cores</literal> - workers.</para></listitem> + <listitem> + <para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, <literal>stdenv</literal> will + pass specific flags to <literal>make</literal> and other build tools to + enable parallel building with up to <literal>build-cores</literal> + workers.</para> + + <para>Unless set to <literal>false</literal>, some build systems with good + support for parallel building including <literal>cmake</literal>, + <literal>meson</literal>, and <literal>qmake</literal> will set it to + <literal>true</literal>.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |