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@@ -336,11 +336,11 @@ Note that in order to restart a build, you'll have to say 'Y' to the config
option CT_DEBUG_CT_SAVE_STEPS, and that the previous build effectively went
that far.
-Testing all toolchains at once |
--------------------------------+
+Building all toolchains at once |
+--------------------------------+
-You can test-build all samples; simply call:
- ct-ng regtest
+You can build all samples; simply call:
+ ct-ng build-all
Overriding the number of // jobs |
---------------------------------+
@@ -354,7 +354,16 @@ which tells crosstool-NG to override the number of // jobs to 4.
You can see the actions that support overriding the number of // jobs in
the help menu. Those are the ones with [.#] after them (eg. build[.#] or
-regtest[.#], and so on...).
+build-all[.#], and so on...).
+
+Note on // jobs |
+----------------+
+
+The crosstool-NG script 'ct-ng' is a Makefile-script. It does *not* execute
+in parallel (there is not much to gain). When speaking of // jobs, we are
+refering to the number of // jobs when making the *components*. That is, we
+speak of the number of // jobs used to build gcc, glibc, and so on...
+
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