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Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix')
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix index 429ce09ea68f..0ee105e4c6f1 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix @@ -130,11 +130,13 @@ in default = false; description = " If set, Nix will perform builds in a sandboxed environment that it - will set up automatically for each build. This prevents - impurities in builds by disallowing access to dependencies - outside of the Nix store. This isn't enabled by default for - performance. It doesn't affect derivation hashes, so changing - this option will not trigger a rebuild of packages. + will set up automatically for each build. This prevents impurities + in builds by disallowing access to dependencies outside of the Nix + store by using network and mount namespaces in a chroot environment. + This isn't enabled by default for possible performance impacts due to + the initial setup time of a sandbox for each build. It doesn't affect + derivation hashes, so changing this option will not trigger a rebuild + of packages. "; }; |