* When using the build hook, distinguish between the stderr of the

  hook script proper, and the stdout/stderr of the builder.  Only the
  latter should be saved in /nix/var/log/nix/drvs.
* Allow the verbosity to be set through an option.
* Added a flag --quiet to lower the verbosity level.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/build-remote.pl.in b/scripts/build-remote.pl.in
index 0c8081a0b..8e3da2553 100755
--- a/scripts/build-remote.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/build-remote.pl.in
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ system("NIX_SSHOPTS=\"@sshOpts\" @bindir@/nix-copy-closure $hostName $maybeSign
 
 
 # Perform the build.
-my $buildFlags = "--max-silent-time $maxSilentTime --fallback --add-root $rootsDir/\$PPID.out";
+my $buildFlags = "--max-silent-time $maxSilentTime --fallback --add-root $rootsDir/\$PPID.out --option verbosity 0";
 
 # `-tt' forces allocation of a pseudo-terminal.  This is required to
 # make the remote nix-store process receive a signal when the
 # connection dies.  Without it, the remote process might continue to
 # run indefinitely (that is, until it next tries to write to
 # stdout/stderr).
-if (system("ssh $hostName @sshOpts -tt 'nix-store -r $drvPath $buildFlags > /dev/null'") != 0) {
+if (system("ssh $hostName @sshOpts -tt 'nix-store -r $drvPath $buildFlags > /dev/null' >&4") != 0) {
     # If we couldn't run ssh or there was an ssh problem (indicated by
     # exit code 255), then we return exit code 1; otherwise we assume
     # that the builder failed, which we indicate to Nix using exit
diff --git a/scripts/nix-build.in b/scripts/nix-build.in
index ed85d5712..f9d81b36c 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-build.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-build.in
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ EOF
         $verbose = 1;
     }
     
+    elsif ($arg eq "--quiet") {
+        push @buildArgs, $arg;
+        push @instArgs, $arg;
+    }
+    
     elsif (substr($arg, 0, 1) eq "-") {
         push @buildArgs, $arg;
     }
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ foreach my $expr (@exprs) {
 
     # Build.
     my @outPaths;
-    $pid = open(OUTPATHS, "-|") || exec "$binDir/nix-store", "--add-root", $outLink, "--indirect", "-rv",
+    $pid = open(OUTPATHS, "-|") || exec "$binDir/nix-store", "--add-root", $outLink, "--indirect", "-r",
         @buildArgs, @drvPaths;
     while (<OUTPATHS>) {chomp; push @outPaths, $_;}
     if (!close OUTPATHS) {