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Merge pull request #9521 from fricklerhandwerk/conf-reword-max-jobs
reword description of the `max-jobs` setting
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MaxBuildJobsSetting maxBuildJobs{
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MaxBuildJobsSetting maxBuildJobs{
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this, 1, "max-jobs",
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this, 1, "max-jobs",
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This option defines the maximum number of jobs that Nix will try to
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Maximum number of jobs that Nix will try to build locally in parallel.
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build in parallel. The default is `1`. The special value `auto`
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causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system. `0` is useful
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The special value `auto` causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system.
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when using remote builders to prevent any local builds (except for
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Use `0` to disable local builds and directly use the remote machines specified in [`builders`](#conf-builders).
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`preferLocalBuild` derivation attribute which executes locally
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This will not affect derivations that have [`preferLocalBuild = true`](@docroot@/language/advanced-attributes.md#adv-attr-preferLocalBuild), which are always built locally.
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regardless). It can be overridden using the `--max-jobs` (`-j`)
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command line switch.
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> **Note**
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> The number of CPU cores to use for each build job is independently determined by the [`cores`](#conf-cores) setting.
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<!-- TODO(@fricklerhandwerk): would be good to have those shorthands for common options as part of the specification -->
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The setting can be overridden using the `--max-jobs` (`-j`) command line switch.
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{"build-max-jobs"}};
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{"build-max-jobs"}};
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