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@@ -364,6 +364,18 @@ build-use-chroot = /dev /proc /bin</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>force-manifest</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If this option is set to <literal>false</literal>
+ (default) and a Nix channel provides both a manifest and a binary
+ cache, only the binary cache will be used. If set to
+ <literal>true</literal>, the manifest will be fetched as well.
+ This is useful if you want to use binary patches (which are
+ currently not supported by binary caches).</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system