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Eelco Dolstra c8d3882cdc * True parallel builds. Nix can now run as many build jobs in
parallel as possible (similar to GNU Make's `-j' switch).  This is
  useful on SMP systems, but it is especially useful for doing builds
  on multiple machines.  The idea is that a large derivation is
  initiated on one master machine, which then distributes
  sub-derivations to any number of slave machines.  This should not
  happen synchronously or in lock-step, so the master must be capable
  of dealing with multiple parallel build jobs.  We now have the
  infrastructure to support this.

  TODO: substitutes are currently broken.
2004-05-11 18:05:44 +00:00
corepkgs * Dist error. 2004-04-21 14:57:46 +00:00
doc * Only add `-preRELEASE' to the version if STABLE != 1. 2004-04-26 09:52:06 +00:00
externals * Don't build ATerm library if we don't need to. 2004-02-16 16:48:06 +00:00
scripts * Look for GC roots in @localstatedir@/nix/gcroots. 2004-04-22 14:17:57 +00:00
src * True parallel builds. Nix can now run as many build jobs in 2004-05-11 18:05:44 +00:00
testpkgs * Argument support in Fix. Arguments can be passed through the 2003-08-15 13:01:45 +00:00
tests * True parallel builds. Nix can now run as many build jobs in 2004-05-11 18:05:44 +00:00
AUTHORS * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
COPYING * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
ChangeLog * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
INSTALL * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
Makefile.am * Allow the location of the store etc. to be specified using 2004-05-04 12:15:30 +00:00
NEWS * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
README * Fixed URL. 2004-04-26 09:54:37 +00:00
configure.ac * Allow the location of the store etc. to be specified using 2004-05-04 12:15:30 +00:00
nix.spec.in * Allow the location of the store etc. to be specified using 2004-05-04 12:15:30 +00:00
substitute.mk * A test to verify that Nix executes build jobs in parallel, if 2004-05-04 17:04:17 +00:00

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