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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml index bc26a90616e4..2a076877a1b4 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml @@ -191,6 +191,23 @@ </varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><option>--no-build-hook</option></term> + + <listitem> + + <para>Disables the build hook mechanism. This allows to ignore remote + builders if they are setup on the machine.</para> + + <para>It's useful in cases where the bandwidth between the client and the + remote builder is too low. In that case it can take more time to upload the + sources to the remote builder and fetch back the result than to do the + computation locally.</para> + + </listitem> + +</varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>--readonly-mode</option></term> @@ -218,9 +235,8 @@ named <replaceable>name</replaceable>, it will call it with value <replaceable>value</replaceable>.</para> - <para>For instance, the file - <literal>pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</literal> in Nixpkgs is - actually a function: + <para>For instance, the top-level <literal>default.nix</literal> in + Nixpkgs is actually a function: <programlisting> { # The system (e.g., `i686-linux') for which to build the packages. |