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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-07-09 10:57:28 -0400
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-07-09 10:57:28 -0400
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download-from-binary-cache: add nix.conf options
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</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>binary-caches</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>A list of URLs of binary caches, separated by
+ whitespace. It can be overriden through the environment variable
+ <envar>NIX_BINARY_CACHES</envar>. The default is
+ <literal>http://nixos.org/binary-cache</literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>binary-caches-parallel-connections</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The maximum number of parallel HTTP connections
+ used by the binary cache substituter to get NAR info files. This
+ number should be high to minimise latency. It defaults to
+ 150.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system