[Nix-dev] Binary cache substituter

[Peter Simons]

Hi Eelco,

 > The main downside to the binary cache substituter is that it has no
 > support for binary patches (and it's not obvious how to support
 > them). If you really need them, you can add "force-manifest = true"
 > to nix.conf to force nix-channel to nix-pull the channel's manifest.

will "force-manifest = true" disable use of the new binary cache
substituter? Or does this configuration option mean that traditional
manifests will be used in addition to the new cache?

Take care,
Peter