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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-07 17:50:58 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-07 17:50:58 +0200
commit54eb03abbd494232e13f63efb6af370aa0bbab4a (patch)
tree6c072aacec88d95122dce1e5df95c75ae3c28166
parent7770aafc7561897ff1d3c706420f76843c5182c0 (diff)
doc: Explain where the number of build users comes from.
Suggested by Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Explain where the number of build users comes from.
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@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ Bash syntax and the @code{shadow} commands):
@end example
@noindent
+The number of build users determines how many build jobs may run in
+parallel, as specified by the @option{--max-jobs} option
+(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--max-jobs}}).
The @code{guix-daemon} program may then be run as @code{root} with:
@example