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226226227227+<variablelist>
228228+ <title>Variables affecting build properties</title>
229229+230230+ <varlistentry>
231231+ <term><varname>enableParallelBuilding</varname></term>
232232+ <listitem><para>If set, <literal>stdenv</literal> will pass specific
233233+ flags to <literal>make</literal> and other build tools to enable
234234+ parallel building with up to <literal>build-cores</literal>
235235+ workers.</para></listitem>
236236+ </varlistentry>
237237+238238+ <varlistentry>
239239+ <term><varname>preferLocalBuild</varname></term>
240240+ <listitem><para>If set, specifies that the package is so lightweight
241241+ in terms of build operations (e.g. write a text file from a Nix string
242242+ to the store) that there's no need to look for it in binary caches --
243243+ it's faster to just build it locally. It also tells Hydra and other
244244+ facilities that this package doesn't need to be exported in binary
245245+ caches (noone would use it, after all).</para></listitem>
246246+ </varlistentry>
247247+248248+</variablelist>
249249+250250+227251</section>
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