[Nix-dev] failing builder aborts other builds

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 20/12/11 09:53, Florian Friesdorf wrote:

> for parallel builds/downloads, one failing builder will kill all other
> parallel builds (see below). I think it would be great if:
> - an error message is printed
> - the failing build is noted
> - all parallel builds continue
> - all builds that do not depend on the failed one are done
> - and nix finally exits listing the accumulated errors
...
> Opinions? What would it take to implement?

There already is the ‘--keep-going’ (-k) flag, which does most of what you want.

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