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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index afb4108800..6a3765f56a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -814,6 +814,11 @@ builds to other machines (@pxref{Daemon Offload Setup}). @item --cache-failures Cache build failures. By default, only successful builds are cached. +When this option is used, @command{guix gc --list-failures} can be used +to query the set of store items marked as failed; @command{guix gc +--clear-failures} removes store items from the set of cached failures. +@xref{Invoking guix gc}. + @item --cores=@var{n} @itemx -c @var{n} Use @var{n} CPU cores to build each derivation; @code{0} means as many @@ -1674,6 +1679,19 @@ Attempt to delete all the store files and directories specified as arguments. This fails if some of the files are not in the store, or if they are still live. +@item --list-failures +List store items corresponding to cached build failures. + +This prints nothing unless the daemon was started with +@option{--cache-failures} (@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, +@option{--cache-failures}}). + +@item --clear-failures +Remove the specified store items from the failed-build cache. + +Again, this option only makes sense when the daemon is started with +@option{--cache-failures}. Otherwise, it does nothing. + @item --list-dead Show the list of dead files and directories still present in the store---i.e., files and directories no longer reachable from any root. |