nixos/nix-daemon: default to build with all cores available #50440
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orivej
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Nov 16, 2018
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| buildCores = mkOption { | |||
| type = types.int; | |||
| default = 1; | |||
| default = 0; | |||
| example = 64; | |||
| description = '' | |||
| This option defines the maximum number of concurrent tasks during | |||
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"The default is 1."
Please update this.
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Dropped it since, it was redundant with the displayed default value.
These days build systems are more robust w.r.t. to concurrency. Most users will have at least two cores in their machines. Therefore I suggest to increase the number of cores used for building. fixes NixOS#50376
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These days build systems are more robust w.r.t. to concurrency.
Most users will have at least two cores in their machines.
Therefore I suggest to increase the number of cores used for building.
fixes #50376