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bug#18747: [PATCH] Distinguish between “offloadability” and “substitutab
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Ludovic Courtès |
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bug#18747: [PATCH] Distinguish between “offloadability” and “substitutability” |
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Wed, 01 Jul 2015 23:14:43 +0200 |
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Eelco Dolstra <address@hidden> skribis:
> On 01/07/15 17:21, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
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>> Nix commit 55586527 (June 2013) changed the semantics of
>> ‘preferLocalBuild’ from “avoid offloading this derivation” to “avoid
>> offloading *or substituting* this derivation” (see
>> <http://bugs.gnu.org/18747>.)
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>> This patch introduces a new special key, ‘substitution’, to specify
>> whether a derivation should be substituted. ‘preferLocalBuild’ is kept,
>> but its initial semantics is restored.
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> Have you seen
> https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/b64988bb3585478676585a0f0aecbcf4e11d4432,
> which essentially does the same thing?
I hadn’t, but that’s perfect–we’re on the same page. ;-)
Thanks!
Ludo’.