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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/globals.hh | 11 |
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diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh index 0a4912f67..93086eaf8 100644 --- a/src/libstore/globals.hh +++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh @@ -201,7 +201,16 @@ public: {"build-timeout"}}; PathSetting buildHook{this, true, "", "build-hook", - "The path of the helper program that executes builds to remote machines."}; + R"( + The path to the helper program that executes remote builds. + + Nix communicates with the build hook over `stdio` using a custom protocol to request builds that cannot be performed directly by the Nix daemon. + The default value is the internal Nix binary that implements remote building. + + > **Important** + > + > Change this setting only if you really know what you’re doing. + )"}; Setting<std::string> builders{ this, "@" + nixConfDir + "/machines", "builders", |