Sort substituters by priority

Fixes #1438.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index c625a363033a..cada37653e6f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -590,6 +590,11 @@ public:
        a notion of connection. Otherwise this is a no-op. */
     virtual void connect() { };
 
+    /* Get the priority of the store, used to order substituters. In
+       particular, binary caches can specify a priority field in their
+       "nix-cache-info" file. Lower value means higher priority. */
+    virtual int getPriority() { return 0; }
+
 protected:
 
     Stats stats;