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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh index 07f524858..940cb48f5 100644 --- a/src/libstore/globals.hh +++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh @@ -896,12 +896,11 @@ public: this, {}, "hashed-mirrors", R"( A list of web servers used by `builtins.fetchurl` to obtain files by - hash. The default is `http://tarballs.nixos.org/`. Given a hash type - *ht* and a base-16 hash *h*, Nix will try to download the file from - *hashed-mirror*/*ht*/*h*. This allows files to be downloaded even if - they have disappeared from their original URI. For example, given - the default mirror `http://tarballs.nixos.org/`, when building the - derivation + hash. Given a hash type *ht* and a base-16 hash *h*, Nix will try to + download the file from *hashed-mirror*/*ht*/*h*. This allows files to + be downloaded even if they have disappeared from their original URI. + For example, given an example mirror `http://tarballs.nixos.org/`, + when building the derivation ```nix builtins.fetchurl { |