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doc: add note to ninjia build for macOS using -jn flag
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PR-URL: #53187
Fixes: #53176
Refs: #53176
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
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jakecastelli authored May 30, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ make -j4 # With this flag, Ninja will limit itself to 4 parallel jobs,
# regardless of the number of cores on the current machine.
```

Note: if you are on macOS and use GNU Make version `3.x`, the `-jn` flag
will not work. You can either upgrade to `v4.x` (e.g. using a package manager
such as [Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/make#default)) or use `make JOBS=n`.

## Producing a debug build

To create a debug build rather than a release build:
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