[dpkg] 25/200: man: Improve the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS description in dpkg-buildpackage(1)

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commit 8a821d32cee21e1ea53af1e6274e19540208db56
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Date:   Fri Nov 11 01:43:33 2016 +0100

    man: Improve the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS description in dpkg-buildpackage(1)
    
    Mention that this flag might also affect the beahavior of debian/rules,
    and also mention the parallel option.
---
 debian/changelog          | 3 +++
 man/dpkg-buildpackage.man | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index eac0661..9b3c1e1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ dpkg (1.18.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       Thanks to Nishanth Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan at canonical.com>.
     - New module Dpkg::Build::Info module refactored from dpkg-genbuildinfo.
       Requested by Johannes Schauer <josch at debian.org>.
+  * Documentation:
+    - Improve the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS description in dpkg-buildpackage(1).
+      And mention the parallel option there.
   * Test suite:
     - Do not fail tests on missing fakeroot, just skip them.
   * Build system:
diff --git a/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man b/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man
index 915a825..2b47736 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man
+++ b/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man
@@ -471,8 +471,13 @@ If set, it will be used to sign the \fB.changes\fP and \fB.dsc\fP files
 Overridden by the \fB\-\-sign\-key\fP option.
 .TP
 .B DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
-If set, and containing \fBnocheck\fP the \fBDEB_CHECK_COMMAND\fP variable
-will be ignored.
+If set, it will contain a space-separated list of options that might
+affect the build process in \fIdebian/rules\fP, and the behavior of some
+dpkg commands.
+
+With \fBnocheck\fP the \fBDEB_CHECK_COMMAND\fP variable will be ignored.
+With \fBparallel=\fP\fIN\fP the parallel jobs will be set to \fIN\fP,
+overridden by the \fB\-\-jobs\-try\fP option.
 .TP
 .B DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
 If set, it will be used as the active build profile(s) for the package

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