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Make <nix/fetchurl.nix> run in constant memory

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E.g.

  nix-build --store ~/my-nix/ -E 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix> { url = https://cache.nixos.org/nar/0nwi996rgq4b914qyx0mv2wq4k80hjac7xilikavagw7kxmn2iiv.nar.xz; sha256 = "0nwi996rgq4b914qyx0mv2wq4k80hjac7xilikavagw7kxmn2iiv"; }'

now runs in 17 MiB (was 70 MiB), while

  nix-build --store ~/my-nix/ -E 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix> { url = https://cache.nixos.org/nar/0nwi996rgq4b914qyx0mv2wq4k80hjac7xilikavagw7kxmn2iiv.nar.xz; sha256 = "0d2fxljdih3nc5dqx41hjzic3141ajil94m8kdbpryq569dpsbvb"; unpack = true; }'

runs in 17 MiB (was 346 MiB).
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Eelco Dolstra 2018-03-28 13:32:44 +02:00
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commit 7d21863bb3
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@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ void readFile(const Path & path, Sink & sink);
/* Write a string to a file. */
void writeFile(const Path & path, const string & s, mode_t mode = 0666);
void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode = 0666);
/* Read a line from a file descriptor. */
string readLine(int fd);