Support auto-configuration of build-max-jobs

"build-max-jobs" and the "-j" option can now be set to "auto" to use
the number of CPUs in the system. (Unlike build-cores, it doesn't use
0 to imply auto-configuration, because a) magic values are a bad idea
in general; b) 0 is a legitimate value used to disable local
building.)

Fixes #1198.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index 53fa83fe0dee..326202d295fb 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ struct LegacyArgs : public MixCommonArgs
             settings.set("build-fallback", "true");
         });
 
+        mkFlag1('j', "max-jobs", "jobs", "maximum number of parallel builds", [=](std::string s) {
+            settings.set("build-max-jobs", s);
+        });
+
         auto intSettingAlias = [&](char shortName, const std::string & longName,
             const std::string & description, const std::string & dest) {
             mkFlag<unsigned int>(shortName, longName, description, [=](unsigned int n) {
@@ -174,7 +178,6 @@ struct LegacyArgs : public MixCommonArgs
             });
         };
 
-        intSettingAlias('j', "max-jobs", "maximum number of parallel builds", "build-max-jobs");
         intSettingAlias(0, "cores", "maximum number of CPU cores to use inside a build", "build-cores");
         intSettingAlias(0, "max-silent-time", "number of seconds of silence before a build is killed", "build-max-silent-time");
         intSettingAlias(0, "timeout", "number of seconds before a build is killed", "build-timeout");