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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/build-remote.pl.in | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/build-remote.pl.in b/scripts/build-remote.pl.in index 93bb6c32c136..a7023cb4dff3 100755 --- a/scripts/build-remote.pl.in +++ b/scripts/build-remote.pl.in @@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ system("NIX_SSHOPTS=\"$sshOpts\" nix-copy-closure $hostName $maybeSign $drvPath print "BUILDING...\n"; -system("ssh $sshOpts $hostName 'nix-store -rvvK $drvPath'") == 0 +# `-tt' forces allocation of a pseudo-terminal. This is required to +# make the remote nix-store process receive a signal when the +# connection dies. Without it, the remote process might continue to +# run indefinitely (that is, until it next tries to write to +# stdout/stderr). +system("ssh -tt $sshOpts $hostName 'nix-store -rvvK $drvPath'") == 0 or die "remote build on $hostName failed: $?"; print "REMOTE BUILD DONE: $drvPath on $hostName\n"; |