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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstore/globals.hh')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/globals.hh | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh index a51d9c2f1..dd570cd63 100644 --- a/src/libstore/globals.hh +++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh @@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ public: Setting<std::string> builders{ this, "@" + nixConfDir + "/machines", "builders", - "A semicolon-separated list of build machines, in the format of `nix.machines`."}; + R"( + A semicolon-separated list of build machines. + For the exact format and examples, see [the manual chapter on remote builds](../advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md) + )"}; Setting<bool> buildersUseSubstitutes{ this, false, "builders-use-substitutes", @@ -614,8 +617,10 @@ public: Strings{"https://cache.nixos.org/"}, "substituters", R"( - A list of URLs of substituters, separated by whitespace. The default - is `https://cache.nixos.org`. + A list of URLs of substituters, separated by whitespace. Substituters + are tried based on their Priority value, which each substituter can set + independently. Lower value means higher priority. + The default is `https://cache.nixos.org`, with a Priority of 40. )", {"binary-caches"}}; @@ -698,7 +703,7 @@ public: send a series of commands to modify various settings to stdout. The currently recognized commands are: - - `extra-sandbox-paths` + - `extra-sandbox-paths`\ Pass a list of files and directories to be included in the sandbox for this build. One entry per line, terminated by an empty line. Entries have the same format as `sandbox-paths`. |