[Nix-dev] Importing .narinfo into nix store.

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 21/12/15 01:38, Kevin Cox wrote:

> `nix-store --import` seems very close but it works on a different input 
> format that includes all dependencies into a single file. Is there a 
> similar command that can work with binary caches over the web?

Yes, "nix-store -r $storepath", e.g.

  $ nix-store -r /nix/store/ln4j3vq4vkdh1fldjwqwjh49cl4l0q6k-hello-2.10 \
    --option binary-caches http://my-cache.example.org

(This assumes that the calling user has sufficient privileges to specify
binary caches.)

Under the hood this runs the download-from-binary-cache substituter that
Vladimir mentioned.

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Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/