lix/nix.conf.example
Eelco Dolstra 6e5ec1029a * Get rid of `build-users'. We'll just take all the members of
`build-users-group'.  This makes configuration easier: you can just
  add users in /etc/group.
2006-12-06 20:00:15 +00:00

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### Option `gc-keep-outputs'
#
# If `true', the garbage collector will keep the outputs of
# non-garbage derivations. If `false' (default), outputs will be
# deleted unless they are GC roots themselves (or reachable from other
# roots).
#
# In general, outputs must be registered as roots separately.
# However, even if the output of a derivation is registered as a root,
# the collector will still delete store paths that are used only at
# build time (e.g., the C compiler, or source tarballs downloaded from
# the network). To prevent it from doing so, set this option to
# `true'.
#gc-keep-outputs = false
### Option `gc-keep-derivations'
#
# If `true' (default), the garbage collector will keep the derivations
# from which non-garbage store paths were built. If `false', they
# will be deleted unless explicitly registered as a root (or reachable
# from other roots).
#
# Keeping derivation around is useful for querying and traceability
# (e.g., it allows you to ask with what dependencies or options a
# store path was built), so by default this option is on. Turn it off
# to safe a bit of disk space (or a lot if `gc-keep-outputs' is also
# turned on).
#gc-keep-derivations = true
### Option `gc-reserved-space'
#
# This option specifies how much space should be reserved in normal
# use so that the garbage collector can run succesfully. Since the
# garbage collector must perform Berkeley DB transactions, it needs
# some disk space for itself. However, when the disk is full, this
# space is not available, so the collector would not be able to run
# precisely when it is most needed.
#
# For this reason, when Nix is run, it allocates a file
# /nix/var/nix/db/reserved of the size specified by this option. When
# the garbage collector is run, this file is deleted before the
# Berkeley DB environment is opened. This should give it enough room
# to proceed.
#
# The default is "1048576" (1 MiB).
#gc-reserved-space = 1048576
### Option `env-keep-derivations'
#
# If `false' (default), derivations are not stored in Nix user
# environments. That is, the derivation any build-time-only
# dependencies may be garbage-collected.
#
# If `true', when you add a Nix derivation to a user environment, the
# path of the derivation is stored in the user environment. Thus, the
# derivation will not be garbage-collected until the user environment
# generation is deleted (`nix-env --delete-generations'). To prevent
# build-time-only dependencies from being collected, you should also
# turn on `gc-keep-outputs'.
#
# The difference between this option and `gc-keep-derivations' is that
# this one is `sticky': it applies to any user environment created
# while this option was enabled, while `gc-keep-derivations' only
# applies at the moment the garbage collector is run.
#env-keep-derivations = false
### Option `build-max-jobs'
#
# This option defines the maximum number of jobs that Nix will try to
# build in parallel. The default is 1. You should generally set it
# to the number of CPUs in your system (e.g., 2 on a Athlon 64 X2).
# It can be overriden using the `--max-jobs' / `-j' command line
# switch.
#build-max-jobs = 1
### Option `build-users-group'
#
# This options specifies the Unix group containing the Nix build user
# accounts. In multi-user Nix installations, builds should not
# be performed by the Nix account since that would allow users to
# arbitrarily modify the Nix store and database by supplying specially
# crafted builders; and they cannot be performed by the calling user
# since that would allow him/her to influence the build result.
#
# Therefore, if this option is non-empty and specifies a valid group,
# builds will be performed under the user accounts that are a member
# of the group specified here (as listed in /etc/group). Those user
# accounts should not be used for any other purpose!
#
# Nix will never run two builds under the same user account at the
# same time. This is to prevent an obvious security hole: a malicious
# user writing a Nix expression that modifies the build result of a
# legitimate Nix expression being built by another user. Therefore it
# is good to have as many Nix build user accounts as you can spare.
# (Remember: uids are cheap.)
#
# The build users should have permission to create files in the Nix
# store, but not delete them. Therefore, /nix/store should be owned
# by the Nix account, its group should be the group specified here,
# and its mode should be 1775.
#
# If the build users group is empty, builds will be performed under
# the uid of the Nix process (that is, the uid of the caller if
# $NIX_REMOTE is empty, the uid under which the Nix daemon runs if
# $NIX_REMOTE is `daemon', or the uid that owns the setuid nix-worker
# program if $NIX_REMOTE is `slave'). Obviously, this should not be
# used in multi-user settings with untrusted users.
#
# The default is empty.
#
# Example:
# build-users-group = nix-builders
build-users-group = nix-builders
### Option `system'
#
# This option specifies the canonical Nix system name of the current
# installation, such as `i686-linux' or `powerpc-darwin'. Nix can
# only build derivations whose `system' attribute equals the value
# specified here. In general, it never makes sense to modify this
# value from its default, since you can use it to `lie' about the
# platform you are building on (e.g., perform a Mac OS build on a
# Linux machine; the result would obviously be wrong). It only makes
# sense if the Nix binaries can run on multiple platforms, e.g.,
# `universal binaries' that run on `powerpc-darwin' and `i686-darwin'.
#
# It defaults to the canonical Nix system name detected by `configure'
# at build time.
#
# Example:
# system = i686-darwin
#system =