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diff --git a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml index f8583700393c..d5bc1c592553 100644 --- a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml +++ b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ purposes. It uses <command>ssh</command> and <command>nix-copy-closure</command> to copy the build inputs and outputs and perform the remote build. To use it, you should set <envar>NIX_BUILD_HOOK</envar> to -<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/libexec/nix/build-remote.pl</filename>. +<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/libexec/nix/build-remote</filename>. You should also define a list of available build machines and point the environment variable <envar>NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS</envar> to it. <envar>NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS</envar> must be an absolute path. An @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bits of information: should not have a passphrase!</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The maximum number of builds that - <filename>build-remote.pl</filename> will execute in parallel on the + <filename>build-remote</filename> will execute in parallel on the machine. Typically this should be equal to the number of CPU cores. For instance, the machine <literal>itchy</literal> in the example will execute up to 8 builds in parallel.</para></listitem> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ bits of information: <listitem><para>A comma-separated list of <emphasis>supported features</emphasis>. If a derivation has the <varname>requiredSystemFeatures</varname> attribute, then - <filename>build-remote.pl</filename> will only perform the + <filename>build-remote</filename> will only perform the derivation on a machine that has the specified features. For instance, the attribute @@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ requiredSystemFeatures = [ "kvm" ]; You should also set up the environment variable <envar>NIX_CURRENT_LOAD</envar> to point at a directory (e.g., <filename>/var/run/nix/current-load</filename>) that -<filename>build-remote.pl</filename> uses to remember how many builds +<filename>build-remote</filename> uses to remember how many builds it is currently executing remotely. It doesn't look at the actual load on the remote machine, so if you have multiple instances of Nix running, they should use the same <envar>NIX_CURRENT_LOAD</envar> -file. Maybe in the future <filename>build-remote.pl</filename> will +file. Maybe in the future <filename>build-remote</filename> will look at the actual remote load.</para> </chapter> |