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diff --git a/doc/manual/builds/build-farm.xml b/doc/manual/builds/build-farm.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e0e9f10f1173 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/builds/build-farm.xml @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<part xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + version="5.0" + xml:id='chap-distributed-builds'> + +<title>Distributed Builds</title> + +<partintro> +<para>Nix supports distributed builds, where a local Nix installation can +forward Nix builds to other machines over the network. This allows +multiple builds to be performed in parallel (thus improving +performance) and allows Nix to perform multi-platform builds in a +semi-transparent way. For instance, if you perform a build for a +<literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> on an <literal>i686-linux</literal> +machine, Nix can automatically forward the build to a +<literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> machine, if available.</para> +</partintro> + +<xi:include href="enabling-builds.xml" /> + +</part> |