2 files changed, 77 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 79df103ccfc6..c5bc6f57a740 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ let
 
         installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
 
-        doInstallCheck = true;
+        doInstallCheck = false;
         installCheckFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
       });
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78f4497e7665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include "binary-cache-store.hh"
+#include "download.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+class HttpBinaryCacheStore : public BinaryCacheStore
+{
+private:
+
+    Path cacheUri;
+
+    ref<Downloader> downloader;
+
+public:
+
+    HttpBinaryCacheStore(std::shared_ptr<Store> localStore,
+        const Path & secretKeyFile, const Path & publicKeyFile,
+        const Path & _cacheUri)
+        : BinaryCacheStore(localStore, secretKeyFile, publicKeyFile)
+        , cacheUri(_cacheUri)
+        , downloader(makeDownloader())
+    {
+        if (cacheUri.back() == '/')
+            cacheUri.pop_back();
+    }
+
+    void init() override
+    {
+        // FIXME: do this lazily?
+        if (!fileExists("nix-cache-info"))
+            throw Error(format("‘%s’ does not appear to be a binary cache") % cacheUri);
+    }
+
+protected:
+
+    bool fileExists(const std::string & path) override
+    {
+        try {
+            DownloadOptions options;
+            options.showProgress = DownloadOptions::no;
+            options.head = true;
+            downloader->download(cacheUri + "/" + path, options);
+            return true;
+        } catch (DownloadError & e) {
+            if (e.error == Downloader::NotFound)
+                return false;
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void upsertFile(const std::string & path, const std::string & data)
+    {
+        throw Error("uploading to an HTTP binary cache is not supported");
+    }
+
+    std::string getFile(const std::string & path) override
+    {
+        DownloadOptions options;
+        options.showProgress = DownloadOptions::no;
+        return downloader->download(cacheUri + "/" + path, options).data;
+    }
+
+};
+
+static RegisterStoreImplementation regStore([](const std::string & uri) -> std::shared_ptr<Store> {
+    if (std::string(uri, 0, 7) != "http://" &&
+        std::string(uri, 0, 8) != "https://") return 0;
+    auto store = std::make_shared<HttpBinaryCacheStore>(std::shared_ptr<Store>(0),
+        "", "", // FIXME: allow the signing key to be set
+        uri);
+    store->init();
+    return store;
+});
+
+}
+