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authorGraham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>2019-05-10 20:59:39 -0400
committerGraham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>2019-05-12 13:17:26 -0400
commit6df61db0600ca73ccd51e3e5bec5312a04e99da1 (patch)
tree66de67c9b1ce6b90ea9d643d95d9a9d750b3c376 /doc/manual/command-ref
parentc78686e411e0a14cff51836fe6c35d7584171df3 (diff)
diff hook: execute as the build user, and pass the temp dir
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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml20
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index a1a5d6e12..c5f90481b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -252,13 +252,11 @@ false</literal>.</para>
same.
</para>
- <warning>
- <para>
- The root user executes the diff hook in a daemonised
- installation. See <xref linkend="chap-diff-hook" /> for
- information on using the diff hook safely.
- </para>
- </warning>
+ <para>
+ The diff hook is executed by the same user and group who ran the
+ build. However, the diff hook does not have write access to the
+ store path just built.
+ </para>
<para>The diff hook program receives three parameters:</para>
@@ -280,6 +278,14 @@ false</literal>.</para>
The path to the build's derivation
</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The path to the build's scratch directory. This directory
+ will exist only if the build was run with
+ <option>--keep-failed</option>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>The diff hook should not print data to stderr or stdout, as