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184 lines
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prints out a summary of the command syntax and exits.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--version</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prints out the Nix version number on standard output and exits.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--verbose</option> / <option>-v</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Increases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed
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on standard error. For each Nix operation, the information
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printed on standard output is well-defined; any diagnostic
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information is printed on standard error, never on standard
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output.
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</para>
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<para>
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This option may be specified repeatedly. Currently, the
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following verbosity levels exist:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>0</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Errors only</quote>: only print messages explaining
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why the Nix invocation failed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>1</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Informational</quote>: print
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<emphasis>useful</emphasis> messages about what Nix is
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doing. This is the default.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>2</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Talkative</quote>: print more informational messages.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>3</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Chatty</quote>: print even more informational messages.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>4</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Debug</quote>: print debug information:
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>5</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Vomit</quote>: print vast amounts of debug
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information.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--no-build-output</option> / <option>-Q</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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By default, output written by builders to standard output and
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standard error is echoed to the Nix command's standard error.
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This option suppresses this behaviour. Note that the builder's
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standard output and error are always written to a log file in
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<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/nix/var/log/nix</filename>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--max-jobs</option> / <option>-j</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Sets the maximum number of build jobs that Nix will perform in
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parallel to the specified number. The default is 1. A higher
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value is useful on SMP systems or to exploit I/O latency.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--keep-going</option> / <option>-k</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Keep going in case of failed builds, to the greatest extent
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possible. That is, if building an input of some derivation
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fails, Nix will still build the other inputs, but not the
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derivation itself. Without this option, Nix stops if any build
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fails (except for builds of substitutes), possibly killing
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builds in progress (in case of parallel or distributed builds).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--keep-failed</option> / <option>-K</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies that in case of a build failure, the temporary
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directory (usually in <filename>/tmp</filename>) in which the
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build takes place should not be deleted. The path of the build
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directory is printed as an informational message.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--fallback</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Whenever Nix attempts to realise a derivation for which a
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closure is already known, but this closure cannot be realised,
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fall back on normalising the derivation.
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</para>
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<para>
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The most common scenario in which this is useful is when we have
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registered substitutes in order to perform binary distribution
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from, say, a network repository. If the repository is down, the
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realisation of the derivation will fail. When this option is
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specified, Nix will build the derivation instead. Thus,
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binary installation falls back on a source installation. This
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option is not the default since it is generally not desirable
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for a transient failure in obtaining the substitutes to lead to
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a full build from source (with the related consumption of
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resources).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--readonly-mode</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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When this option is used, no attempt is made to open the Nix
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database. Most Nix operations do need database access, so those
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operations will fail.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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