On Sat, Jul 08 2023, Marc Espie <marc.espie.open...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I should have documented the current reality ages ago.
> (Or replace "jobs" with "direct children" ?)

I think "jobs" is fine.  ok jca@

> The reference pointing to recursive behavior should be there regardless.
>
> Index: make.1
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/make/make.1,v
> retrieving revision 1.139
> diff -u -p -r1.139 make.1
> --- make.1    17 Jan 2023 13:03:22 -0000      1.139
> +++ make.1    8 Jul 2023 13:34:35 -0000
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
>  .Op Fl d Ar flags
>  .Op Fl f Ar mk
>  .Op Fl I Ar directory
> -.Op Fl j Ar max_processes
> +.Op Fl j Ar max_jobs
>  .Op Fl m Ar directory
>  .Op Fl V Ar variable
>  .Op Ar NAME Ns = Ns Ar value ...
> @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Extended options are as follows:
>  Try to be backwards compatible by executing the commands to make
>  the prerequisites in a target rule in sequence.
>  This is the default, in the absence of
> -.Fl j Ar max_processes .
> +.Fl j Ar max_jobs .
>  .It Fl C Ar directory
>  Enter
>  .Ar directory
> @@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ Multiple directories can be added to for
>  Furthermore, the system include path (see the
>  .Fl m
>  option) will be used after this search path.
> -.It Fl j Ar max_processes
> -Specify the maximum number of processes that
> +.It Fl j Ar max_jobs
> +Specify the maximum number of jobs that
>  .Nm
>  may have running at any one time.
> +See the discussion about recursive invocations under
> +.Sx BUGS .
>  .It Fl m Ar directory
>  Specify a directory in which to search for system include files:
>  .Pa sys.mk
>

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