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feat: add always-allow-substitutes
This adds a new configuration option to Nix, `always-allow-substitutes`, whose effect is simple: it causes the `allowSubstitutes` attribute in derivations to be ignored, and for substituters to always be used. This is extremely valuable for users of Nix in CI, where usually `nix-build-uncached` is used. There, derivations which disallow substitutes cause headaches as the inputs for building already-cached derivations need to be fetched to spuriously rebuild some simple text file. This option should be a good middle-ground, since it doesn't imply rebuilding the world, such as the approach I took in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/221048
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@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
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useful for very trivial derivations (such as `writeText` in Nixpkgs)
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that are cheaper to build than to substitute from a binary cache.
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You may disable the effects of this attibute by enabling the
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`always-allow-substitutes` configuration option in Nix.
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> **Note**
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> You need to have a builder configured which satisfies the
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@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ public:
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For the exact format and examples, see [the manual chapter on remote builds](../advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md)
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)"};
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Setting<bool> alwaysAllowSubstitutes{
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this, false, "always-allow-substitutes",
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R"(
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If set to `true`, Nix will ignore the `allowSubstitutes` attribute in
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derivations and always attempt to use available substituters.
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For more information on `allowSubstitutes`, see [the manual chapter on advanced attributes](../language/advanced-attributes.md).
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)"};
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Setting<bool> buildersUseSubstitutes{
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this, false, "builders-use-substitutes",
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R"(
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@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ bool ParsedDerivation::willBuildLocally(Store & localStore) const
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bool ParsedDerivation::substitutesAllowed() const
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{
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return getBoolAttr("allowSubstitutes", true);
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return settings.alwaysAllowSubstitutes ? true : getBoolAttr("allowSubstitutes", true);
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}
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bool ParsedDerivation::useUidRange() const
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