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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml28
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/builtins.cc15
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/globals.hh3
-rw-r--r--tests/fetchurl.sh4
4 files changed, 42 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index cde32b35f..3512777dd 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -660,6 +660,34 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry xml:id="conf-hashed-mirrors"><term><literal>hashed-mirrors</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>A list of web servers used by
+ <function>builtins.fetchurl</function> to obtain files by
+ hash. The default is
+ <literal>http://tarballs.nixos.org/</literal>. Given a hash type
+ <replaceable>ht</replaceable> and a base-16 hash
+ <replaceable>h</replaceable>, Nix will try to download the file
+ from
+ <literal>hashed-mirror/<replaceable>ht</replaceable>/<replaceable>h</replaceable></literal>.
+ This allows files to be downloaded even if they have disappeared
+ from their original URI. For example, given the default mirror
+ <literal>http://tarballs.nixos.org/</literal>, when building the derivation
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.fetchurl {
+ url = https://example.org/foo-1.2.3.tar.xz;
+ sha256 = "2c26b46b68ffc68ff99b453c1d30413413422d706483bfa0f98a5e886266e7ae";
+}
+</programlisting>
+
+ Nix will attempt to download this file from
+ <literal>http://tarballs.nixos.org/sha256/2c26b46b68ffc68ff99b453c1d30413413422d706483bfa0f98a5e886266e7ae</literal>
+ first. If it is not available there, if will try the original URI.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>
</para>
diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins.cc b/src/libstore/builtins.cc
index 8a5cf3327..b51b6f85c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins.cc
@@ -38,12 +38,15 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
std::shared_ptr<std::string> data;
- try {
- if (getAttr("outputHashMode") == "flat")
- data = fetch("http://tarballs.nixos.org/" + getAttr("outputHashAlgo") + "/" + getAttr("outputHash"));
- } catch (Error & e) {
- debug(e.what());
- }
+ if (getAttr("outputHashMode") == "flat")
+ for (auto hashedMirror : settings.hashedMirrors.get())
+ try {
+ if (!hasSuffix(hashedMirror, "/")) hashedMirror += '/';
+ data = fetch(hashedMirror + getAttr("outputHashAlgo") + "/" + getAttr("outputHash"));
+ break;
+ } catch (Error & e) {
+ debug(e.what());
+ }
if (!data) data = fetch(getAttr("url"));
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index c8d67b071..9ebbf7b47 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ public:
"Whether builders can acquire new privileges by calling programs with "
"setuid/setgid bits or with file capabilities."};
#endif
+
+ Setting<Strings> hashedMirrors{this, {"http://tarballs.nixos.org/"}, "hashed-mirrors",
+ "A list of servers used by builtins.fetchurl to fetch files by hash."};
};
diff --git a/tests/fetchurl.sh b/tests/fetchurl.sh
index 808f46025..02b83525b 100644
--- a/tests/fetchurl.sh
+++ b/tests/fetchurl.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ clearStore
# Test fetching a flat file.
hash=$(nix-hash --flat --type sha256 ./fetchurl.sh)
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha256 $hash --no-out-link)
+outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha256 $hash --no-out-link --option hashed-mirrors '')
cmp $outPath fetchurl.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ clearStore
hash=$(nix hash-file --type sha512 --base64 ./fetchurl.sh)
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha512 $hash --no-out-link)
+outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha512 $hash --no-out-link --option hashed-mirrors '')
cmp $outPath fetchurl.sh