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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/derivations.cc | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/derivations.hh | 10 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/derivations.cc b/src/libstore/derivations.cc index 13f2b4770..4c51bdef3 100644 --- a/src/libstore/derivations.cc +++ b/src/libstore/derivations.cc @@ -364,12 +364,12 @@ static DrvHashModulo & pathDerivationModulo(Store & store, const StorePath & drv /* See the header for interface details. These are the implementation details. - For fixed ouput derivations, each hash in the map is not the + For fixed-output derivations, each hash in the map is not the corresponding output's content hash, but a hash of that hash along with other constant data. The key point is that the value is a pure function of the output's contents, and there are no preimage attacks - spoofing an either an output's contents for a derivation, or - derivation for an output's contents. + either spoofing an output's contents for a derivation, or + spoofing a derivation for an output's contents. For regular derivations, it looks up each subderivation from its hash and recurs. If the subderivation is also regular, it simply diff --git a/src/libstore/derivations.hh b/src/libstore/derivations.hh index c021bf907..9f8b7a23e 100644 --- a/src/libstore/derivations.hh +++ b/src/libstore/derivations.hh @@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ typedef std::variant< specified content hash and hash algorithm. (Currently they must have exactly one output (`out'), which is specified using the `outputHash' and `outputHashAlgo' attributes, but the algorithm doesn't assume - this). We don't want changes to such derivations to propagate upwards + this.) We don't want changes to such derivations to propagate upwards through the dependency graph, changing output paths everywhere. For instance, if we change the url in a call to the `fetchurl' - function, we do not want to rebuild everything depending on it (after - all, (the hash of) the file being downloaded is unchanged). So the - *output paths* should not change. On the other hand, the *derivation - paths* should change to reflect the new dependency graph. + function, we do not want to rebuild everything depending on it---after + all, (the hash of) the file being downloaded is unchanged. So the + *output paths* should not change. On the other hand, the *derivation + paths* should change to reflect the new dependency graph. For fixed output derivations, this returns a map from the names of each output to hashes unique up to the outputs' contents. |