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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-10-09 13:25:41 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-10-09 23:51:19 +0200
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daemon: Add '--substitute-urls' option.
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_SUBSTITUTE_URLS): New macro. (GUIX_OPT_NO_BUILD_HOOK, GUIX_OPT_GC_KEEP_OUTPUTS, GUIX_OPT_GC_KEEP_DERIVATIONS): Renumber. (options): Add '--substitute-urls'. (parse_opt): Honor it. (main): Add 'settings.set' call for the default "substitute-urls" value. * guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm (daemon-options, find-daemon-option): New procedures. (%cache-url): Define based on the "substitute-urls" daemon option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Document '--substitute-urls'. (Substitutes): Mention it.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -453,6 +453,14 @@ When the daemon runs with @code{--no-substitutes}, clients can still
explicitly enable substitution @i{via} the @code{set-build-options}
remote procedure call (@pxref{The Store}).
+@item --substitute-urls=@var{urls}
+Consider @var{urls} the default whitespace-separated list of substitute
+source URLs. When this option is omitted, @code{http://hydra.gnu.org}
+is used.
+
+This means that substitutes may be downloaded from @var{urls}, as long
+as they are signed by a trusted signature (@pxref{Substitutes}).
+
@cindex build hook
@item --no-build-hook
Do not use the @dfn{build hook}.
@@ -981,7 +989,10 @@ also result from derivation builds, can be available as substitutes.
The @code{hydra.gnu.org} server is a front-end to a build farm that
builds packages from the GNU distribution continuously for some
-architectures, and makes them available as substitutes.
+architectures, and makes them available as substitutes. This is the
+default source of substitutes; it can be overridden by passing
+@command{guix-daemon} the @code{--substitute-urls} option
+(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon}).
@cindex security
@cindex digital signatures