[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.5.9-28-g2d68249

["Niels Thykier" <niels@thykier.net>]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 2d68249fbceabd21833b3421c09bc8bf3f282f2b
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Wed Jun 27 19:27:30 2012 +0200

    Document the new parallization changes
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 02862db..50d3ef6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ lintian (2.5.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     + [NT] Emit run times of collections and checks with debug
       level 2 (or higher).
     + [NT] Load lintian's libraries earlier.
+    + [NT] Add new option "--jobs" to control the number of
+      unpacking jobs Lintian will schedule in parallel.
+    + [NT] Improve Lintian's job scheduler to schedule unpacking
+      jobs on a group level rather than just a package level.
 
   * lib/Lintian/Collect/[Binary,Package}.pm:
     + [NT] Use new gzip decompressor from L::Util.
diff --git a/frontend/lintian b/frontend/lintian
index 07fc054..28f9db4 100755
--- a/frontend/lintian
+++ b/frontend/lintian
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ Configuration options:
     --cfg CONFIGFILE          read CONFIGFILE for configuration
     --no-cfg CONFIGFILE       do not read any CONFIGFILE
     --dist DIST               scan packages in this distribution (e.g. sid)
+    -j X, --jobs X            limit the number of parallel unpacking jobs to X
     --lab LABDIR              use LABDIR as permanent laboratory
     --root ROOTDIR            use ROOTDIR instead of /usr/share/lintian
 Package selection options:
diff --git a/man/lintian.pod.in b/man/lintian.pod.in
index 994ae55..559e873 100644
--- a/man/lintian.pod.in
+++ b/man/lintian.pod.in
@@ -405,6 +405,15 @@ information about the packages it checks.  This option overrides the
 B<LINTIAN_LAB> environment variable and the configuration file entry
 of the same name.
 
+=item B<-j> X, B<--jobs> X
+
+Limit the number of unpacking jobs Lintian will run in parallel.
+
+This option overrides the B<jobs> variable in the configuration file.
+
+By default Lintian will use I</proc/cpuinfo> to determine a reasonable
+default (or 2, if the file cannot be read).
+
 =item B<--root> rootdir
 
 Look for B<lintian>'s support files (such as check scripts and

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