2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M doc/guix.texi
M nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc

@@ 586,7 586,7 @@ Cache build failures.  By default, only successful builds are cached.
 Use @var{n} CPU cores to build each derivation; @code{0} means as many
 as available.
 
-The default value is @code{1}, but it may be overridden by clients, such
+The default value is @code{0}, but it may be overridden by clients, such
 as the @code{--cores} option of @command{guix build} (@pxref{Invoking
 guix build}).
 

@@ 264,6 264,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   /* Turn automatic deduplication on by default.  */
   settings.autoOptimiseStore = true;
 
+  /* Default to using as many cores as possible.  */
+  settings.buildCores = 0;
+
   argvSaved = argv;
 
   try