lix/doc/manual/rl-next/build-dir.md
Robert Hensing d86009bd76 Add build-dir setting, clean up default TMPDIR handling
This is a squash of upstream PRs #10303, #10312 and #10883.

fix: Treat empty TMPDIR as unset

Fixes an instance of

    nix: src/libutil/util.cc:139: nix::Path nix::canonPath(PathView, bool): Assertion `path != ""' failed.

... which I've been getting in one of my shells for some reason.
I have yet to find out why TMPDIR was empty, but it's no reason for
Nix to break.

(cherry picked from commit c3fb2aa1f9d1fa756dac38d3588c836c5a5395dc)

fix: Treat empty XDG_RUNTIME_DIR as unset

See preceding commit. Not observed in the wild, but is sensible
and consistent with TMPDIR behavior.

(cherry picked from commit b9e7f5aa2df3f0e223f5c44b8089cbf9b81be691)

local-derivation-goal.cc: Reuse defaultTempDir()

(cherry picked from commit fd31945742710984de22805ee8d97fbd83c3f8eb)

fix: remove usage of XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for TMP

(cherry picked from commit 1363f51bcb24ab9948b7b5093490a009947f7453)

tests/functional: Add count()

(cherry picked from commit 6221770c9de4d28137206bdcd1a67eea12e1e499)

Remove uncalled for message

(cherry picked from commit b1fe388d33530f0157dcf9f461348b61eda13228)

Add build-dir setting

(cherry picked from commit 8b16cced18925aa612049d08d5e78eccbf0530e4)
Change-Id: Ic7b75ff0b6a3b19e50a4ac8ff2d70f15c683c16a
2024-06-24 11:30:32 +03:00

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synopsis: "Add a `build-dir` setting to set the backing directory for builds"
cls: 1514
credits: [roberth, tomberek]
category: Improvements
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`build-dir` can now be set in the Nix configuration to choose the backing directory for the build sandbox.
This can be useful on systems with `/tmp` on tmpfs, or simply to relocate large builds to another disk.
Also, `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` is no longer considered when selecting the default temporary directory,
as it's not intended to be used for large amounts of data.