Remove failed build caching

This feature was implemented for Hydra, but Hydra no longer uses it.

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 91 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index acddd63e12f7..f598d359e15f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -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),
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
index 58a33117940f..340f61210b2d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
@@ -1350,82 +1350,6 @@ export _args; _args='-e /nix/store/9krlzvny65gdc8s7kpb6lkx8cd02c25c-default-buil
 
 <!--######################################################################-->
 
-<refsection><title>Operation <option>--query-failed-paths</option></title>
-
-<refsection>
-  <title>Synopsis</title>
-  <cmdsynopsis>
-    <command>nix-store</command>
-    <arg choice='plain'><option>--query-failed-paths</option></arg>
-  </cmdsynopsis>
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<para>If build failure caching is enabled through the
-<literal>build-cache-failure</literal> configuration option, the
-operation <option>--query-failed-paths</option> will print out all
-store paths that have failed to build.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Example</title>
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-store --query-failed-paths
-/nix/store/000zi5dcla86l92jn1g997jb06sidm7x-perl-PerlMagick-6.59
-/nix/store/0011iy7sfwbc1qj5a1f6ifjnbcdail8a-haskell-gitit-ghc7.0.4-0.8.1
-/nix/store/001c0yn1hkh86gprvrb46cxnz3pki7q3-gamin-0.1.10
-<replaceable>…</replaceable>
-</screen>
-
-</refsection>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<!--######################################################################-->
-
-<refsection><title>Operation <option>--clear-failed-paths</option></title>
-
-<refsection>
-  <title>Synopsis</title>
-  <cmdsynopsis>
-    <command>nix-store</command>
-    <arg choice='plain'><option>--clear-failed-paths</option></arg>
-    <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
-  </cmdsynopsis>
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<para>If build failure caching is enabled through the
-<literal>build-cache-failure</literal> configuration option, the
-operation <option>--clear-failed-paths</option> clears the “failed”
-state of the given store paths, allowing them to be built again.  This
-is useful if the failure was actually transient (e.g. because the disk
-was full).</para>
-
-<para>If a path denotes a derivation, its output paths are cleared.
-You can provide the argument <literal>*</literal> to clear all store
-paths.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Example</title>
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-store --clear-failed-paths /nix/store/000zi5dcla86l92jn1g997jb06sidm7x-perl-PerlMagick-6.59
-$ nix-store --clear-failed-paths *
-</screen>
-
-</refsection>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<!--######################################################################-->
-
 <refsection xml:id='rsec-nix-store-generate-binary-cache-key'><title>Operation <option>--generate-binary-cache-key</option></title>
 
 <refsection>