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authorDomen Kožar <domen@dev.si>2018-08-29T10·51+0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-08-29T10·51+0100
commit54df4bb0b5d45a17945d8c4b0e38cd4ae167a732 (patch)
treea5cfe47ead2bac10f2c4216e184bfd068e659446 /doc/manual/command-ref
parentc651b7bdc996a18688c5e5dd5dd84eeeb8d3376d (diff)
nix.conf: mention -j0 is useful
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index 1865bb37c860..3851cf18d7ff 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ builtins.fetchurl {
     <listitem><para>This option defines the maximum number of jobs
     that Nix will try to build in parallel.  The default is
     <literal>1</literal>. The special value <literal>auto</literal>
-    causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system.  It can be
+    causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system.  <literal>0</literal>
+    is useful when using remote builders to prevent any local builds.  It can be
     overridden using the <option
     linkend='opt-max-jobs'>--max-jobs</option> (<option>-j</option>)
     command line switch.</para></listitem>