summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi16
-rw-r--r--guix/derivations.scm44
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 325467c82d..91fa07f1a8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1452,7 +1452,11 @@ derivations as Scheme objects, along with procedures to create and
otherwise manipulate derivations. The lowest-level primitive to create
a derivation is the @code{derivation} procedure:
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} derivation @var{store} @var{name} @var{builder} @var{args} [#:outputs '("out")] [#:hash #f] [#:hash-algo #f] [#:hash-mode #f] [#:inputs '()] [#:env-vars '()] [#:system (%current-system)] [#:references-graphs #f]
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} derivation @var{store} @var{name} @var{builder} @
+ @var{args} [#:outputs '("out")] [#:hash #f] [#:hash-algo #f] @
+ [#:hash-mode #f] [#:inputs '()] [#:env-vars '()] @
+ [#:system (%current-system)] [#:references-graphs #f] @
+ [#:local-build? #f]
Build a derivation with the given arguments, and return the resulting
@code{<derivation>} object.
@@ -1464,6 +1468,11 @@ When @var{references-graphs} is true, it must be a list of file
name/store path pairs. In that case, the reference graph of each store
path is exported in the build environment in the corresponding file, in
a simple text format.
+
+When @var{local-build?} is true, declare that the derivation is not a
+good candidate for offloading and should rather be built locally
+(@pxref{Daemon Offload Setup}). This is the case for small derivations
+where the costs of data transfers would outweigh the benefits.
@end deffn
@noindent
@@ -1494,7 +1503,7 @@ the caller to directly pass a Guile expression as the build script:
[#:system (%current-system)] [#:inputs '()] @
[#:outputs '("out")] [#:hash #f] [#:hash-algo #f] @
[#:env-vars '()] [#:modules '()] @
- [#:references-graphs #f] [#:guile-for-build #f]
+ [#:references-graphs #f] [#:local-build? #f] [#:guile-for-build #f]
Return a derivation that executes Scheme expression @var{exp} as a
builder for derivation @var{name}. @var{inputs} must be a list of
@code{(name drv-path sub-drv)} tuples; when @var{sub-drv} is omitted,
@@ -1516,7 +1525,8 @@ terminates by passing the result of @var{exp} to @code{exit}; thus, when
@var{guile-for-build} is omitted or is @code{#f}, the value of the
@code{%guile-for-build} fluid is used instead.
-See the @code{derivation} procedure for the meaning of @var{references-graphs}.
+See the @code{derivation} procedure for the meaning of @var{references-graphs}
+and @var{local-build?}.
@end deffn
@noindent
diff --git a/guix/derivations.scm b/guix/derivations.scm
index 3d9f0affbf..cc8e37c973 100644
--- a/guix/derivations.scm
+++ b/guix/derivations.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ the derivation called NAME with hash HASH."
(system (%current-system)) (env-vars '())
(inputs '()) (outputs '("out"))
hash hash-algo hash-mode
- references-graphs)
+ references-graphs
+ local-build?)
"Build a derivation with the given arguments, and return the resulting
<derivation> object. When HASH, HASH-ALGO, and HASH-MODE are given, a
fixed-output derivation is created---i.e., one whose result is known in
@@ -540,7 +541,11 @@ advance, such as a file download.
When REFERENCES-GRAPHS is true, it must be a list of file name/store path
pairs. In that case, the reference graph of each store path is exported in
-the build environment in the corresponding file, in a simple text format."
+the build environment in the corresponding file, in a simple text format.
+
+When LOCAL-BUILD? is true, declare that the derivation is not a good candidate
+for offloading and should rather be built locally. This is the case for small
+derivations where the costs of data transfers would outweigh the benefits."
(define (add-output-paths drv)
;; Return DRV with an actual store path for each of its output and the
;; corresponding environment variable.
@@ -571,16 +576,20 @@ the build environment in the corresponding file, in a simple text format."
;; Some options are passed to the build daemon via the env. vars of
;; derivations (urgh!). We hide that from our API, but here is the place
;; where we kludgify those options.
- (match references-graphs
- (((file . path) ...)
- (let ((value (map (cut string-append <> " " <>)
- file path)))
- ;; XXX: This all breaks down if an element of FILE or PATH contains
- ;; white space.
- `(("exportReferencesGraph" . ,(string-join value " "))
- ,@env-vars)))
- (#f
- env-vars)))
+ (let ((env-vars (if local-build?
+ `(("preferLocalBuild" . "1")
+ ,@env-vars)
+ env-vars)))
+ (match references-graphs
+ (((file . path) ...)
+ (let ((value (map (cut string-append <> " " <>)
+ file path)))
+ ;; XXX: This all breaks down if an element of FILE or PATH contains
+ ;; white space.
+ `(("exportReferencesGraph" . ,(string-join value " "))
+ ,@env-vars)))
+ (#f
+ env-vars))))
(define (env-vars-with-empty-outputs env-vars)
;; Return a variant of ENV-VARS where each OUTPUTS is associated with an
@@ -904,7 +913,8 @@ they can refer to each other."
(env-vars '())
(modules '())
guile-for-build
- references-graphs)
+ references-graphs
+ local-build?)
"Return a derivation that executes Scheme expression EXP as a builder
for derivation NAME. INPUTS must be a list of (NAME DRV-PATH SUB-DRV)
tuples; when SUB-DRV is omitted, \"out\" is assumed. MODULES is a list
@@ -923,7 +933,8 @@ EXP returns #f, the build is considered to have failed.
EXP is built using GUILE-FOR-BUILD (a derivation). When GUILE-FOR-BUILD is
omitted or is #f, the value of the `%guile-for-build' fluid is used instead.
-See the `derivation' procedure for the meaning of REFERENCES-GRAPHS."
+See the `derivation' procedure for the meaning of REFERENCES-GRAPHS and
+LOCAL-BUILD?."
(define guile-drv
(or guile-for-build (%guile-for-build)))
@@ -1046,4 +1057,5 @@ See the `derivation' procedure for the meaning of REFERENCES-GRAPHS."
#:hash hash #:hash-algo hash-algo
#:outputs outputs
- #:references-graphs references-graphs)))
+ #:references-graphs references-graphs
+ #:local-build? local-build?)))