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authorFelix S. Klock II <pnkfelix@pnkfx.org>2020-06-15 15:02:57 -0400
committerFelix S. Klock II <pnkfelix@pnkfx.org>2020-06-15 15:02:57 -0400
commitb34a41797248fb36dd690d6013a9a238391437d0 (patch)
tree0a17f62bdf4bee58ba38ae3e8c3db36e4f8a6050
parentff4a2533a0720f9cdd86e02eafa3725f07aa7752 (diff)
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Add more info to `x.py build --help` on default value for `-j JOBS`.
-rw-r--r--src/bootstrap/flags.rs7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/flags.rs b/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
index cfaa43f3970..37261153574 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ To learn more about a subcommand, run `./x.py <subcommand> -h`",
             "N",
         );
         opts.optopt("", "src", "path to the root of the rust checkout", "DIR");
-        opts.optopt("j", "jobs", "number of jobs to run in parallel", "JOBS");
+        let j_msg = format!(
+            "number of jobs to run in parallel; \
+             defaults to {} (this host's logical CPU count)",
+            num_cpus::get()
+        );
+        opts.optopt("j", "jobs", &j_msg, "JOBS");
         opts.optflag("h", "help", "print this help message");
         opts.optopt(
             "",