Parallel building support is no longer enabled by default. It can still be enabled...

[debhelper.git] / debhelper.pod

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index 78de41d5479f5099ecf3963ccb5e0ce1548db7dc..29687adc1776847ac8f7a11c04100645327088e6 100644 (file)
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ package contains a tutorial about making your first package using debhelper.
 
 =head1 DEBHELPER COMMANDS
 
-Here is the complete list of available debhelper commands. See their man
+Here is the list of debhelper commands you can use. See their man
 pages for additional documentation.
 
 =over 4
@@ -37,8 +37,20 @@ pages for additional documentation.
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Deprecated Commands
+
+A few debhelper commands are deprecated and should not be used.
+
+=over 4
+
+#LIST_DEPRECATED#
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Other Commands
+
 If a program's name starts with "dh_", and the program is not on the above
-list, then it is not part of the debhelper package, but it should still
+lists, then it is not part of the debhelper package, but it should still
 work like the other programs described on this page.
 
 =head1 DEBHELPER CONFIG FILES
@@ -207,14 +219,17 @@ directory path that is the same as the source directory path.
 
 =item B<--max-parallel>I<=maximum>
 
-By default, the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable can be used to
-enable parallel building, when supported by the build system.
-
 This option allows controlling how many parallel jobs can be used in a
-build. If set to 1, concurrent builds are disabled -- do this if
-the package build is known not to work in parallel. If the package build
-is known to only work with certian levels of concurrency, you can set this
-to the maximum level that is known to work, or that you wish to support.
+build, if parallel builds are enabled by the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment
+variable.
+
+If set to 1, parallel builds are disabled -- do this if the package build
+is known not to work in parallel. If the package build is known to only
+work with certian levels of concurrency, you can set this to the maximum
+level that is known to work, or that you wish to support.
+
+If this option is not specified, debhelper currently defaults to not
+supporting parallel package builds.
 
 =item B<--list>, B<-l>