* Flag `--no-build-hook' to disable distributed builds.

* queryDeriver in daemon mode: don't barf if the other side returns an
  empty string (which means there is no deriver).

src/libstore/build.cc

@@ -1247,6 +1247,7 @@ static string makeValidityRegistration(const PathSet & paths,
 
 DerivationGoal::HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
 {
+    if (!useBuildHook) return rpDecline;
     Path buildHook = getEnv("NIX_BUILD_HOOK");
     if (buildHook == "") return rpDecline;
     buildHook = absPath(buildHook);

src/libstore/globals.cc

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ bool readOnlyMode = false;
 string thisSystem = "unset";
 unsigned int maxSilentTime = 0;
 Paths substituters;
+bool useBuildHook = true;
 
 
 static bool settingsRead = false;

src/libstore/globals.hh

@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ extern unsigned int maxSilentTime;
    from a CD. */
 extern Paths substituters;
 
+/* Whether to use build hooks (for distributed builds).  Sometimes
+   users want to disable this from the command-line. */
+extern bool useBuildHook;
+
 
 Strings querySetting(const string & name, const Strings & def);
 

src/libstore/remote-store.cc

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ RemoteStore::RemoteStore()
         unsigned int magic = readInt(from);
         if (magic != WORKER_MAGIC_2) throw Error("protocol mismatch");
 
-        unsigned int daemonVersion = readInt(from);
+        daemonVersion = readInt(from);
         if (GET_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(daemonVersion) != GET_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(PROTOCOL_VERSION))
             throw Error("Nix daemon protocol version not supported");
         writeInt(PROTOCOL_VERSION, to);
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ void RemoteStore::setOptions()
     writeInt(verbosity, to);
     writeInt(maxBuildJobs, to);
     writeInt(maxSilentTime, to);
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 2)
+        writeInt(useBuildHook, to);
     processStderr();
 }
 
@@ -230,7 +232,9 @@ Path RemoteStore::queryDeriver(const Path & path)
     writeInt(wopQueryDeriver, to);
     writeString(path, to);
     processStderr();
-    return readStorePath(from);
+    Path drvPath = readString(from);
+    if (drvPath != "") assertStorePath(drvPath);
+    return drvPath;
 }
 
 

src/libstore/remote-store.hh

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ private:
     FdSink to;
     FdSource from;
     Pid child;
+    unsigned int daemonVersion;
 
     void processStderr(Sink * sink = 0, Source * source = 0);
 

src/libstore/worker-protocol.hh

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ namespace nix {
 #define WORKER_MAGIC_1 0x6e697863
 #define WORKER_MAGIC_2 0x6478696f
 
-#define PROTOCOL_VERSION 0x101
+#define PROTOCOL_VERSION 0x102
 #define GET_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(x) ((x) & 0xff00)
+#define GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(x) ((x) & 0x00ff)
 
 
 typedef enum {