From 9ce84c64c5820847a8084f31da5c5e2f549cbbcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:21:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak fetchTree docs --- src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc index dacd78fd3..e6becdafc 100644 --- a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc +++ b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc @@ -287,13 +287,13 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchTarball({ stdenv.mkDerivation { … } ``` - The fetched tarball is cached for a certain amount of time (1 hour - by default) in `~/.cache/nix/tarballs/`. You can change the cache - timeout either on the command line with `--option tarball-ttl number - of seconds` or in the Nix configuration file with this option: ` - number of seconds to cache `. + The fetched tarball is cached for a certain amount of time (1 + hour by default) in `~/.cache/nix/tarballs/`. You can change the + cache timeout either on the command line with `--tarball-ttl` + *number-of-seconds* or in the Nix configuration file by adding + the line `tarball-ttl = ` *number-of-seconds*. - Note that when obtaining the hash with ` nix-prefetch-url ` the + Note that when obtaining the hash with `nix-prefetch-url` the option `--unpack` is required. This function can also verify the contents against a hash. In that