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much as possible. (This is similar to GNU Make's `-k' flag.) * Refactoring to implement this: previously we just bombed out when a build failed, but now we have to clean up. In particular this means that goals must be freed quickly --- they shouldn't hang around until the worker exits. So the worker now maintains weak pointers in order not to prevent garbage collection. * Documented the `-k' and `-j' flags.
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prints out a summary of the command syntax and exits.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--version</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Prints out the Nix version number on standard output and exits.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--verbose</option> / <option>-v</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Increases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed
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on standard error. For each Nix operation, the information
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printed on standard output is well-defined; any diagnostic
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information is printed on standard error, never on standard
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output.
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</para>
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<para>
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This option may be specified repeatedly. Currently, the
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following verbosity levels exist:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>0</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Errors only</quote>: only print messages explaining
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why the Nix invocation failed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>1</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Informational</quote>: print
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<emphasis>useful</emphasis> messages about what Nix is
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doing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>2</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Talkative</quote>: print more informational messages.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>3</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Chatty</quote>: print even more informational messages.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>4</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Debug</quote>: print debug information:
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>5</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<quote>Vomit</quote>: print vast amounts of debug
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information.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--build-output</option> / <option>-B</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Causes the output written by build actions to standard output
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and standard error to be echoed to standard error, regardless of
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verbosity level. By default, it is only echoed at a verbosity
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level of at least 4 (<quote>Debug</quote>), and is suppressed at
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lower levels. Note that it is always written to a log file in
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<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/nix/var/log/nix</filename>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--max-jobs</option> / <option>-j</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Sets the maximum number of build jobs that Nix will perform in
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parallel to the specified number. The default is 1. A higher
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value is useful on SMP systems or to exploit I/O latency.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--keep-going</option> / <option>-k</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Keep going in case of failed builds, to the greatest extent
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possible. That is, if building an input of some derivation
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fails, Nix will still build the other inputs, but not the
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derivation itself. Without this option, Nix stops if any build
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fails (except for builds of substitutes), possibly killing
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builds in progress (in case of parallel or distributed builds).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--keep-failed</option> / <option>-K</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies that in case of a build failure, the temporary
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directory (usually in <filename>/tmp</filename>) in which the
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build takes place should not be deleted. The path of the build
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directory is printed as an informational message.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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