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download-from-binary-cache: Use the channels of the calling user rather than root

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This should make live easier for single-user (non-daemon)
installations.  Note that when the daemon is used, the "calling user"
is root so we're not using any untrusted caches.
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Eelco Dolstra 2012-12-21 15:00:07 +01:00
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@ -341,10 +341,12 @@ build-use-chroot = /dev /proc /bin</programlisting>
<listitem><para>A list of names of files that will be read to
obtain additional binary cache URLs. The default is
<literal>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/binary-caches/*</literal>,
which ensures that Nix will use the binary caches corresponding to
the channels installed by root. Do not set this option to read
files created by untrusted users!</para></listitem>
<literal>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/<replaceable>username</replaceable>/channels/binary-caches/*</literal>.
Note that when you’re using the Nix daemon,
<replaceable>username</replaceable> is always equal to
<literal>root</literal>, so Nix will only use the binary caches
provided by the channels installed by root. Do not set this
option to read files created by untrusted users!</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>