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authorLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2018-10-23 17:25:17 +0200
committerLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2018-10-24 12:07:10 +0000
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Doc: Add info about setting the -j option for parallel builds
...on Linux and macOS Change-Id: Ica8a4714a1f1fa50200613c02b174ae3cc53810c Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
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the build step and add a custom build step that specifies another shell
command.
+ By default, \QC uses all the CPU cores available to achieve maximum build
+ parallelization. On Linux and \macos, you can specify the number of parallel
+ jobs to use for building in the \uicontrol {Parallel jobs} field. Select the
+ \uicontrol {Override MAKEFLAGS} check box to override existing MAKEFLAGS
+ variables.
+
To generate debug symbols also for applications compiled in release mode,
select the \uicontrol {Generate separate debug info} check box. For more
information, see \l{Using the Performance Analyzer}.