Revert "adding NIX_CONTINUE_DOWNLOADS feature, see mkdir comment"

This reverts commit -r16401

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=16405

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/builder.sh b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/builder.sh
index a8cc325c403d..22ba25e90a4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/builder.sh
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@ tryDownload() {
     echo
     header "trying $url"
     success=
-    cache_file="/var/nix-downloads/$outputHash"
-    if { test -n "$NIX_CONTINUE_DOWNLOADS" && touch "$cache_file";}; then
-      chmod g+w $cache_file # ensure another nixbld user can continue!
-      # no locking is taking place. I think nix builder locking is enough
-      if $curl --fail "$url" -C - --output "$cache_file"; then
-          mv "$cache_file" "$out"
-          chmod g-w $out # ensure another nixbld user can continue!
-          success=1
-      fi
-    else
-      if $curl --fail "$url" --output "$out"; then
-          success=1
-      fi
+    if $curl --fail "$url" --output "$out"; then
+        success=1
     fi
     stopNest
 }