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authorPetr Hodina <phodina@protonmail.com>2022-10-31 16:12:38 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-12-13 17:46:39 +0100
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services: nix: Add more configuration fields.
* gnu/services/nix.scm (<nix-configuration>)[build-directory]: New field.
(nix-service-etc, nix-shepherd-service): Take them into account.
* doc/guix.texi (Nix): Update it.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -37209,6 +37209,15 @@ The Nix package to use.
 @item @code{sandbox} (default: @code{#t})
 Specifies whether builds are sandboxed by default.
 
+@item @code{build-directory} (default: @code{"/tmp"})
+The directory where build directory are stored during builds.
+This is useful to change if, for example, the default location does not
+have enough space to hold build trees for big packages.
+
+This is similar to setting the @env{TMPDIR} environment variable for
+@command{guix-daemon}.  @ref{Build Environment Setup, @env{TMPDIR}},
+for more info.
+
 @item @code{build-sandbox-items} (default: @code{'()})
 This is a list of strings or objects appended to the
 @code{build-sandbox-items} field of the configuration file.