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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-04-30T23·15-0400
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-04-30T23·15-0400
commitdb5b86ef13026d7f034527005ab231ddc2b7d2c1 (patch)
tree590c3761e9d3cfae634a81fb80cc47659666941d /doc
parent59a26360c75f1cf5fe65fce5e3703df0b6645140 (diff)
* Add an option ‘build-use-substitutes’, which can be set to ‘false’
  to disable use of substitutes; i.e., force building from source.
  Fixes Nix/221.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
index 10e6d08cde76..f220c8374ae6 100644
--- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,15 @@ env-keep-derivations = false
   </varlistentry>
 
   
+  <varlistentry><term><literal>build-use-substitutes</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (default), Nix
+    will use binary substitutes if available.  This option can be
+    disabled to force building from source.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+    
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>build-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>When builds are performed in a chroot environment,