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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/always-allow-substitutes.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/always-allow-substitutes.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..60b588fd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/always-allow-substitutes.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +synopsis: "Add an option `always-allow-substitutes` to ignore `allowSubstitutes` in derivations" +prs: 8047 +credits: [lovesegfault, horrors] +category: Improvements +--- + +You can set this setting to force a system to always allow substituting even +trivial derivations like `pkgs.writeText`. This is useful for +[`nix-fast-build --skip-cached`][skip-cached] and similar to be able to also +ignore trivial derivations. + +[skip-cached]: https://github.com/Mic92/nix-fast-build?tab=readme-ov-file#avoiding-redundant-package-downloads |