[Nix-dev] [PATCH] Add a ‘verifyStore’ RPC

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com> skribis:

> On 01/06/15 23:20, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> The patch below adds a ‘verifyStore’ RPC with the same signature as the
>> current LocalStore::verifyStore method.
>
> Thanks! I've applied this with the following change to disallow repairing by
> unprivileged users (since it's a potentially dangerous operation):
>
> https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/d8ddf994e70f97994e0f1fbd382df93cd071b90f

Sounds good, although I’m unclear on how things could go wrong:
repairing can only rebuild or use approved substitutes, right?

Thank you!

Ludo’.