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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2022-03-30 16:31:01 +0200
committerEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2022-03-31 13:43:20 +0200
commit5cd72598feaff3c4bbcc7304a4844768f64a1ee0 (patch)
tree4e3f2373bf2a280f19cab7d74101bec108fd8391 /src/libstore/misc.cc
parent28309352d991f50c9d8b54a5a0ee99995a1a5297 (diff)
Add support for impure derivations
Impure derivations are derivations that can produce a different result every time they're built. Example: stdenv.mkDerivation { name = "impure"; __impure = true; # marks this derivation as impure outputHashAlgo = "sha256"; outputHashMode = "recursive"; buildCommand = "date > $out"; }; Some important characteristics: * This requires the 'impure-derivations' experimental feature. * Impure derivations are not "cached". Thus, running "nix-build" on the example above multiple times will cause a rebuild every time. * They are implemented similar to CA derivations, i.e. the output is moved to a content-addressed path in the store. The difference is that we don't register a realisation in the Nix database. * Pure derivations are not allowed to depend on impure derivations. In the future fixed-output derivations will be allowed to depend on impure derivations, thus forming an "impurity barrier" in the dependency graph. * When sandboxing is enabled, impure derivations can access the network in the same way as fixed-output derivations. In relaxed sandboxing mode, they can access the local filesystem.
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