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+++ b/chapter07/chroot.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,20 @@
TERM="$TERM" \
PS1='(lfs chroot) \u:\w\$ ' \
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin \
+ MAKEFLAGS="-j<replaceable>$(nproc)</replaceable>" \
+ TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j<replaceable>$(nproc)</replaceable>" \
/bin/bash --login</userinput></screen>
+ <para>
+ If you don't want to use all available logical cores, replace
+ <replaceable>$(nproc)</replaceable> with the number of logical cores you
+ want to use for building packages in this chapter and the following
+ chapters. The test suites of some packages (notably Autoconf, Libtool,
+ and Tar) in &ch-final; are not affected by <envar>MAKEFLAGS</envar>, they
+ use a <envar>TESTSUITEFLAGS</envar> environment variable instead. We
+ set that here as well for running these test suites with multiple cores.
+ </para>
+
<para>The <parameter>-i</parameter> option given to the <command>env</command>
command will clear all the variables in the chroot environment. After that, only
the <envar>HOME</envar>, <envar>TERM</envar>, <envar>PS1</envar>, and
@@ -47,7 +59,7 @@
in the <envar>PATH</envar>. This means that the cross toolchain will no longer be
used.</para>
- <para>Note that the <command>bash</command> prompt will say
+ <para>Also note that the <command>bash</command> prompt will say
<computeroutput>I have no name!</computeroutput> This is normal because the
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file has not been created yet.</para>