From c845c0ccad9a835a69c63c2eadd71d7845dca111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:11:40 -0400 Subject: nix-channel: Add option to force fetching of manifests --- doc/manual/conf-file.xml | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/manual/conf-file.xml') diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml index 82bc025bcd74..f56cc27264c1 100644 --- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml @@ -364,6 +364,18 @@ build-use-chroot = /dev /proc /bin + force-manifest + + If this option is set to false + (default) and a Nix channel provides both a manifest and a binary + cache, only the binary cache will be used. If set to + true, the manifest will be fetched as well. + This is useful if you want to use binary patches (which are + currently not supported by binary caches). + + + + system This option specifies the canonical Nix system -- cgit 1.4.1