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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 20 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 454dde68ff..7b1d18a151 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ explicitly enable substitution @i{via} the @code{set-build-options} remote procedure call (@pxref{The Store}). @item --substitute-urls=@var{urls} +@anchor{daemon-substitute-urls} Consider @var{urls} the default whitespace-separated list of substitute source URLs. When this option is omitted, @indicateurl{http://hydra.gnu.org} is used. @@ -1434,9 +1435,12 @@ also result from derivation builds, can be available as substitutes. The @code{hydra.gnu.org} server is a front-end to a build farm that builds packages from the GNU distribution continuously for some architectures, and makes them available as substitutes. This is the -default source of substitutes; it can be overridden by passing -@command{guix-daemon} the @code{--substitute-urls} option -(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon}). +default source of substitutes; it can be overridden by passing the +@option{--substitute-urls} option either to @command{guix-daemon} +(@pxref{daemon-substitute-urls,, @code{guix-daemon --substitute-urls}}) +or to client tools such as @command{guix package} +(@pxref{client-substitute-urls,, client @option{--substitute-urls} +option}). @cindex security @cindex digital signatures @@ -3584,6 +3588,16 @@ Do not build the derivations. When substituting a pre-built binary fails, fall back to building packages locally. +@item --substitute-urls=@var{urls} +@anchor{client-substitute-urls} +Consider @var{urls} the whitespace-separated list of substitute source +URLs, overriding the default list of URLs of @command{guix-daemon} +(@pxref{daemon-substitute-urls,, @command{guix-daemon} URLs}). + +This means that substitutes may be downloaded from @var{urls}, provided +they are signed by a key authorized by the system administrator +(@pxref{Substitutes}). + @item --no-substitutes Do not use substitutes for build products. That is, always build things locally instead of allowing downloads of pre-built binaries |