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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md | 24 |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md index fefd10100..73a113d35 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md @@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ contains Nix. > **Warning** > -> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user -> account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to the remote -> machine. If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to -> access to remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by -> passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix`. +> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to a user (not necessarily `root`) on the remote machine. +> +> If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to access the remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix` when running a Nix command from the local machine. The list of remote machines can be specified on the command line or in the Nix configuration file. The former is convenient for testing. For diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md b/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md index c6bc9b74c..e6bc7e915 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md @@ -17,3 +17,27 @@ These constants are built into the Nix language evaluator: The built-in value `currentSystem` evaluates to the Nix platform identifier for the Nix installation on which the expression is being evaluated, such as `"i686-linux"` or `"x86_64-darwin"`. + + Not available in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval). + +- [`builtins.currentTime`]{#builtins-currentTime} (integer) + + Return the [Unix time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) at first evaluation. + Repeated references to that name will re-use the initially obtained value. + + Example: + + ```console + $ nix repl + Welcome to Nix 2.15.1 Type :? for help. + + nix-repl> builtins.currentTime + 1683705525 + + nix-repl> builtins.currentTime + 1683705525 + ``` + + The [store path](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-path) of a derivation depending on `currentTime` will differ for each evaluation. + + Not available in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval). |