[Nix-dev] Binary cache substituter

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 22/09/12 17:16, Peter Simons wrote:

>  > 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? 

No, it will just cause manifests to be preferred over binary caches for Nix
channels.  But maybe I should change that (not use the binary cache at all if
force-manifest = true *and* the channel provides a manifest).

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