Binary Cache: Difference between revisions
imported>Chance Add warning that invalid binary cache public keys may prevent system rebuild |
imported>Xav-ie m I spent the better part of three hours not knowing why my cache settings were not working until I someone helped me and pointed out that caches are nomally only made by release. |
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A binary cache builds Nix packages and caches the result for other machines. Any machine with Nix installed can be a binary cache for another one, no matter the operating system. | A binary cache builds Nix packages and caches the result for other machines. Any machine with Nix installed can be a binary cache for another one, no matter the operating system. | ||
If you are facing problems with derivations not being in a cache, try switching to a release version. Most caches will have many derivations for a specific release. | |||
== Setting up a binary cache == | == Setting up a binary cache == | ||