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| -rw-r--r-- | corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/store-api.hh | 3 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc | 9 |
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix b/corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix index a654db40e62a..d39a20637818 100644 --- a/corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix +++ b/corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix @@ -18,21 +18,17 @@ let if [ * != $channelName ]; then mv * $out/$channelName fi - if [ -n "$binaryCacheURL" ]; then - mkdir $out/binary-caches - echo -n "$binaryCacheURL" > $out/binary-caches/$channelName - fi ''; in -{ name, channelName, src, binaryCacheURL ? "" }: +{ name, channelName, src }: derivation { system = builtins.currentSystem; builder = shell; args = [ "-e" builder ]; - inherit name channelName src binaryCacheURL; + inherit name channelName src; PATH = "${nixBinDir}:${coreutils}"; diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml index ff4021a765e0..5a2866e6bc4b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml @@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ <refsection><title>Description</title> -<para>A Nix channel is a mechanism that allows you to automatically stay -up-to-date with a set of pre-built Nix expressions. A Nix channel is -just a URL that points to a place containing both a set of Nix -expressions and a pointer to a binary cache. <phrase -condition="manual">See also <xref linkend="sec-channels" -/>.</phrase></para> +<para>A Nix channel is a mechanism that allows you to automatically +stay up-to-date with a set of pre-built Nix expressions. A Nix +channel is just a URL that points to a place containing a set of Nix +expressions. <phrase condition="manual">See also <xref +linkend="sec-channels" />.</phrase></para> <para>This command has the following operations: @@ -172,18 +171,6 @@ following files:</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><filename>binary-cache-url</filename></term> - - <listitem><para>A file containing the URL to a binary cache (such - as <uri>https://cache.nixos.org</uri>). Nix will automatically - check this cache for pre-built binaries, if the user has - sufficient rights to add binary caches. For instance, in a - multi-user Nix setup, the binary caches provided by the channels - of the root user are used automatically, but caches corresponding - to the channels of non-root users are ignored.</para></listitem> - - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> </refsection> diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh index 7a1b31d0ff59..59967737670d 100644 --- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh +++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh @@ -766,8 +766,7 @@ StoreType getStoreType(const std::string & uri = settings.storeUri.get(), const std::string & stateDir = settings.nixStateDir); /* Return the default substituter stores, defined by the - ‘substituters’ option and various legacy options like - ‘binary-caches’. */ + ‘substituters’ option and various legacy options. */ std::list<ref<Store>> getDefaultSubstituters(); diff --git a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc index bd1371dbae3c..06eb3d23ba83 100755 --- a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc +++ b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc @@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ static void update(const StringSet & channelNames) } if (!unpacked) { - // The URL doesn't unpack directly, so let's try treating it like a full channel folder with files in it - // Check if the channel advertises a binary cache. - DownloadRequest request(url + "/binary-cache-url"); - try { - auto dlRes = dl->download(request); - extraAttrs = "binaryCacheURL = \"" + *dlRes.data + "\";"; - } catch (DownloadError & e) { - } - // Download the channel tarball. try { filename = dl->downloadCached(store, CachedDownloadRequest(url + "/nixexprs.tar.xz")).path; |