The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 86a3d7b0aa0c10d98d1a9e4f3490652a48c56cd8
Author: Niels Thykier <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Jul 23 00:07:07 2012 +0200

    lintian: Make --jobs parameter optional
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <[email protected]>

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6eea18c..7149f16 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ lintian (2.5.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     + [NT] Remove chdir calls for checks.
     + [NT] Retire depreciated command line and config options.
     + [NT] Refactor unpackaging into Lintian::Unpacker.
+    + [NT] Make parameter for --jobs optional.  In its absence
+      Lintian will not limit the number of parallel jobs.
 
   * lib/Lintian/Architecture.pm:
     + [NT] Properly handle cases like "linux-amd64" being an
diff --git a/frontend/lintian b/frontend/lintian
index adc19c9..f071315 100755
--- a/frontend/lintian
+++ b/frontend/lintian
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ my %opthash = (                 # ------------------ actions
                'profile=s' => \$opt{'LINTIAN_PROFILE'},
                'root=s' => \$opt{'LINTIAN_ROOT'},
 
-               'jobs|j=i' => \$opt{'jobs'},
+               'jobs|j:i' => \$opt{'jobs'},
 
                # ------------------ package selection options
                'all|a' => \$check_everything,
diff --git a/man/lintian.pod.in b/man/lintian.pod.in
index 38d94e6..9b47b94 100644
--- a/man/lintian.pod.in
+++ b/man/lintian.pod.in
@@ -379,9 +379,11 @@ 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
+=item B<-j> [X], B<--jobs>[=X]
 
-Limit the number of unpacking jobs Lintian will run in parallel.
+Set the limit for how many unpacking jobs Lintian will run in
+parallel.  If X is not given, Lintian will not limit the number of
+unpacking jobs run that can run in parallel.
 
 This option overrides the B<jobs> variable in the configuration file.
 

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