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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/command-ref')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 86 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml | 17 |
6 files changed, 94 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 5c21a40a11e9..1865bb37c860 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>auto-optimise-store</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-auto-optimise-store"><term><literal>auto-optimise-store</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, Nix automatically detects files in the store that have identical @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>builders-use-substitutes</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-builders-use-substitutes"><term><literal>builders-use-substitutes</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, Nix will instruct remote build machines to use their own binary substitutes if available. In @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>compress-build-log</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-compress-build-log"><term><literal>compress-build-log</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default), build logs written to <filename>/nix/var/log/nix/drvs</filename> @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>extra-platforms</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-extra-platforms"><term><literal>extra-platforms</literal></term> <listitem><para>Platforms other than the native one which this machine is capable of building for. This can be useful for @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>extra-substituters</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-extra-substituters"><term><literal>extra-substituters</literal></term> <listitem><para>Additional binary caches appended to those specified in <option>substituters</option>. When used by @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>fallback</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-fallback"><term><literal>fallback</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, Nix will fall back to building from source if a binary substitute fails. This @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>fsync-metadata</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-fsync-metadata"><term><literal>fsync-metadata</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, changes to the Nix store metadata (in <filename>/nix/var/nix/db</filename>) are @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ builtins.fetchurl { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>http-connections</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-http-connections"><term><literal>http-connections</literal></term> <listitem><para>The maximum number of parallel TCP connections used to fetch files from binary caches and by other downloads. It @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ builtins.fetchurl { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>keep-build-log</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-keep-build-log"><term><literal>keep-build-log</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default), Nix will write the build log of a derivation (i.e. the standard @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ builtins.fetchurl { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>keep-env-derivations</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-keep-env-derivations"><term><literal>keep-env-derivations</literal></term> <listitem><para>If <literal>false</literal> (default), derivations are not stored in Nix user environments. That is, the derivation @@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ builtins.fetchurl { </varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-max-free"><term><literal>max-free</literal></term> + + <listitem><para>This option defines after how many free bytes to stop collecting + garbage once the <literal>min-free</literal> condition gets triggered.</para></listitem> + + </varlistentry> <varlistentry xml:id="conf-max-jobs"><term><literal>max-jobs</literal></term> @@ -459,8 +465,48 @@ builtins.fetchurl { </varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-min-free"><term><literal>min-free</literal></term> + + <listitem> + <para>When the disk reaches <literal>min-free</literal> bytes of free disk space during a build, nix + will start to garbage-collection until <literal>max-free</literal> bytes are available on the disk. + A value of <literal>0</literal> (the default) means that this feature is disabled.</para> + </listitem> + + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-narinfo-cache-negative-ttl"><term><literal>narinfo-cache-negative-ttl</literal></term> + + <listitem> - <varlistentry><term><literal>netrc-file</literal></term> + <para>The TTL in seconds for negative lookups. If a store path is + queried from a substituter but was not found, there will be a + negative lookup cached in the local disk cache database for the + specified duration.</para> + + </listitem> + + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-narinfo-cache-positive-ttl"><term><literal>narinfo-cache-positive-ttl</literal></term> + + <listitem> + + <para>The TTL in seconds for positive lookups. If a store path is + queried from a substituter, the result of the query will be cached + in the local disk cache database including some of the NAR + metadata. The default TTL is a month, setting a shorter TTL for + positive lookups can be useful for binary caches that have + frequent garbage collection, in which case having a more frequent + cache invalidation would prevent trying to pull the path again and + failing with a hash mismatch if the build isn't reproducible. + </para> + + </listitem> + + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-netrc-file"><term><literal>netrc-file</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to an absolute path to a <filename>netrc</filename> file, Nix will use the HTTP authentication credentials in this file when @@ -514,7 +560,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry xml:id="conf-pre-build-hook"><term><literal>pre-build-hook</literal></term> <listitem> @@ -563,7 +608,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>require-sigs</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-require-sigs"><term><literal>require-sigs</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default), any non-content-addressed path added or copied to the Nix store @@ -592,7 +637,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>sandbox</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-sandbox"><term><literal>sandbox</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, builds will be performed in a <emphasis>sandboxed environment</emphasis>, i.e., @@ -663,7 +708,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>secret-key-files</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-secret-key-files"><term><literal>secret-key-files</literal></term> <listitem><para>A whitespace-separated list of files containing secret (private) keys. These are used to sign locally-built @@ -684,7 +729,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>substitute</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-substitute"><term><literal>substitute</literal></term> <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (default), Nix will use binary substitutes if available. This option can be @@ -693,7 +738,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>substituters</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-substituters"><term><literal>substituters</literal></term> <listitem><para>A list of URLs of substituters, separated by whitespace. The default is @@ -702,7 +747,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-system"><term><literal>system</literal></term> <listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system name of the current installation, such as @@ -743,7 +788,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>trusted-public-keys</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trusted-public-keys"><term><literal>trusted-public-keys</literal></term> <listitem><para>A whitespace-separated list of public keys. When paths are copied from another Nix store (such as a binary cache), @@ -754,7 +799,7 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><literal>trusted-substituters</literal></term> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trusted-substituters"><term><literal>trusted-substituters</literal></term> <listitem><para>A list of URLs of substituters, separated by whitespace. These are not used by default, but can be enabled by @@ -791,7 +836,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> </varlistentry> - </variablelist> </para> diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml index 9acf44e52984..ff4021a765e0 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ <refsection><title>Description</title> -<para>A Nix channel is mechanism that allows you to automatically stay +<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 @@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ following files:</para> <varlistentry><term><filename>nixexprs.tar.xz</filename></term> <listitem><para>A tarball containing Nix expressions and files - referenced by them (such as build scripts and patches). At - top-level, the tarball should contain a single directory. That + referenced by them (such as build scripts and patches). At the + top level, the tarball should contain a single directory. That directory must contain a file <filename>default.nix</filename> that serves as the channel’s “entry point”.</para></listitem> @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ following files:</para> <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 + 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 diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml index d4563ac47551..eac7739558be 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ $ nix-env -f ~/foo.nix -i '.*'</screen> from another profile: <screen> -$ nix-env -i --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/foo -i gcc</screen> +$ nix-env -i --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/foo gcc</screen> </para> diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml index a5f615b0c268..f2dc6ed8540d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml @@ -501,10 +501,11 @@ error: cannot delete path `/nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4' <arg choice='plain'><option>--referrers</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--referrers-closure</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--deriver</option></arg> - <arg choice='plain'><option>--deriver</option></arg> + <arg choice='plain'><option>-d</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--graph</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--tree</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--binding</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice='plain'><option>-b</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--hash</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--size</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--roots</option></arg> @@ -642,6 +643,7 @@ query is applied to the target of the symlink.</para> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>--deriver</option></term> + <term><option>-d</option></term> <listitem><para>Prints the <link linkend="gloss-deriver">deriver</link> of the store paths @@ -678,6 +680,7 @@ query is applied to the target of the symlink.</para> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>--binding</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></term> + <term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Prints the value of the attribute <replaceable>name</replaceable> (i.e., environment variable) of diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml index 168bef080f4f..b610b54b9620 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ </group> </arg> <arg> + <arg choice='plain'><option>--quiet</option></arg> +</arg> +<arg> <group choice='plain'> <arg choice='plain'><option>--no-build-output</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>-Q</option></arg> diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml index bcb60b30125c..4c572e129445 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml @@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ </varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><option>--quiet</option></term> + + <listitem> + + <para>Decreases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages + printed on standard error. This is the inverse option to + <option>-v</option> / <option>--verbose</option>. + </para> + + <para>This option may be specified repeatedly. See the previous + verbosity levels list.</para> + + </listitem> + +</varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>--no-build-output</option> / <option>-Q</option></term> <listitem><para>By default, output written by builders to standard |