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diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml index ac1fe7e2fafe..7bc0d2667245 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml @@ -280,8 +280,17 @@ with import (fetchTarball https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixo stdenv.mkDerivation { … } </programlisting> + </para> + + <para>The fetched tarball is cached for a certain amount of time + (1 hour by default) in <filename>~/.cache/nix/tarballs/</filename>. + You can change the cache timeout either on the command line with + <option>--option tarball-ttl <replaceable>number of seconds</replaceable></option> or + in the Nix configuration file with this option: + <literal>tarball-ttl <replaceable>number of seconds to cache</replaceable></literal>. + </para> - Note that when obtaining the hash with <varname>nix-prefetch-url + <para>Note that when obtaining the hash with <varname>nix-prefetch-url </varname> the option <varname>--unpack</varname> is required. </para> |