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I think it does both, at least for some sources. After all, sources are derivations too.
by MarsIronPI 10mo ago
I think it does both, at least for some sources. After all, sources are derivations too.
- sestep 10mo agoThis is correct; in Nix lingo these are referred to as "fixed output derivations". For some other interesting context, see this Nix forum post from last year in which they discussed deleting some stuff from cache.nixos.org to save money, but were clear that they'd keep all fixed output derivations and only delete other things that aren't derivable from those: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/upcoming-garbage-collection-for-cache-nixos-org/39078 https://discourse.nixos.org/t/upcoming-garbage-collection-fo...