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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/network-problems.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/network-problems.xml index 570f58358845..1d41e5c29957 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/network-problems.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/network-problems.xml @@ -6,20 +6,11 @@ <title>Network Problems</title> <para> - Nix uses a so-called <emphasis>binary cache</emphasis> to optimise building a - package from source into downloading it as a pre-built binary. That is, - whenever a command like <command>nixos-rebuild</command> needs a path in the - Nix store, Nix will try to download that path from the Internet rather than - build it from source. The default binary cache is - <uri>https://cache.nixos.org/</uri>. If this cache is unreachable, Nix - operations may take a long time due to HTTP connection timeouts. You can - disable the use of the binary cache by adding <option>--option - use-binary-caches false</option>, e.g. + Nix uses a so-called <emphasis>binary cache</emphasis> to optimise building a package from source into downloading it as a pre-built binary. That is, whenever a command like <command>nixos-rebuild</command> needs a path in the Nix store, Nix will try to download that path from the Internet rather than build it from source. The default binary cache is <uri>https://cache.nixos.org/</uri>. If this cache is unreachable, Nix operations may take a long time due to HTTP connection timeouts. You can disable the use of the binary cache by adding <option>--option use-binary-caches false</option>, e.g. <screen> # nixos-rebuild switch --option use-binary-caches false </screen> - If you have an alternative binary cache at your disposal, you can use it - instead: + If you have an alternative binary cache at your disposal, you can use it instead: <screen> # nixos-rebuild switch --option binary-caches http://my-cache.example.org/ </screen> |