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Merge pull request #9525 from fricklerhandwerk/conf-reword-builders-use-substitutes
reword description of the `builders-use-substitutes` setting
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Setting<bool> buildersUseSubstitutes{
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Setting<bool> buildersUseSubstitutes{
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this, false, "builders-use-substitutes",
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this, false, "builders-use-substitutes",
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R"(
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R"(
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If set to `true`, Nix will instruct remote build machines to use
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If set to `true`, Nix will instruct [remote build machines](#conf-builders) to use their own [`substituters`](#conf-substituters) if available.
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their own binary substitutes if available. In practical terms, this
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means that remote hosts will fetch as many build dependencies as
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It means that remote build hosts will fetch as many dependencies as possible from their own substituters (e.g, from `cache.nixos.org`) instead of waiting for the local machine to upload them all.
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possible from their own substitutes (e.g, from `cache.nixos.org`),
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This can drastically reduce build times if the network connection between the local machine and the remote build host is slow.
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instead of waiting for this host to upload them all. This can
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drastically reduce build times if the network connection between
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this computer and the remote build host is slow.
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)"};
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)"};
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Setting<off_t> reservedSize{this, 8 * 1024 * 1024, "gc-reserved-space",
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Setting<off_t> reservedSize{this, 8 * 1024 * 1024, "gc-reserved-space",
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