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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2016-04-08T16·16+0200
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2016-04-08T16·19+0200
commit8cffec84859cec8b610a2a22ab0c4d462a9351ff (patch)
treeec6f4ac648c6a8dc7d4635fe11a235f1aae84287 /doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
parentf398949b40624488b54b35d446a9b5ac46101739 (diff)
Remove failed build caching
This feature was implemented for Hydra, but Hydra no longer uses it.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
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@@ -306,21 +306,6 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><literal>build-cache-failure</literal></term>
-
-    <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, Nix will
-    “cache” build failures, meaning that it will remember (in its
-    database) that a derivation previously failed.  If you then try to
-    build the derivation again, Nix will immediately fail rather than
-    perform the build again.  Failures in fixed-output derivations
-    (such as <function>fetchurl</function> calls) are never cached.
-    The “failed” status of a derivation can be cleared using
-    <command>nix-store --clear-failed-paths</command>.  By default,
-    failure caching is disabled.</para></listitem>
-
-  </varlistentry>
-
-
   <varlistentry><term><literal>build-keep-log</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default),