lix-project/lix
20
55
Fork 31
Code Issues 344 Code Review (Gerrit) Projects 3 Releases Wiki Activity

Merge pull request #4735 from NixOS/document-ca-derivations

Browse source 
(briefly) document how to build ca derivations
This commit is contained in:
Eelco Dolstra 2021-04-23 14:21:25 +02:00 committed by GitHub
parent 788008385e 2207018df5
commit 3996ca42cf
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: 4AEE18F83AFDEB23
1 changed files with 8 additions and 0 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

8
doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md
View file

@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
the hash in either hexadecimal or base-32 notation. (See the
[`nix-hash` command](../command-ref/nix-hash.md) for information
about converting to and from base-32 notation.)
- `__contentAddressed`
If this **experimental** attribute is set to true, then the derivation
outputs will be stored in a content-addressed location rather than the
traditional input-addressed one.
This only has an effect if the `ca-derivation` experimental feature is enabled.
Setting this attribute also requires setting `outputHashMode` and `outputHashAlgo` like for *fixed-output derivations* (see above).
- `passAsFile`
A list of names of attributes that should be passed via files rather