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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-04-30 19:15:34 -0400
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-04-30 19:15:34 -0400
commitdb5b86ef13026d7f034527005ab231ddc2b7d2c1 (patch)
tree590c3761e9d3cfae634a81fb80cc47659666941d /doc
parent59a26360c75f1cf5fe65fce5e3703df0b6645140 (diff)
* Add an option ‘build-use-substitutes’, which can be set to ‘false’
to disable use of substitutes; i.e., force building from source. Fixes Nix/221.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
index 10e6d08cd..f220c8374 100644
--- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,15 @@ env-keep-derivations = false
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>build-use-substitutes</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (default), Nix
+ will use binary substitutes if available. This option can be
+ disabled to force building from source.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>build-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
<listitem><para>When builds are performed in a chroot environment,