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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 9 |
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b6e571129b..fbe62db649 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1230,12 +1230,9 @@ etc. This helps achieve reproducible builds (@pxref{Features}). When the daemon performs a build on behalf of the user, it creates a build directory under @file{/tmp} or under the directory specified by -its @code{TMPDIR} environment variable; this directory is shared with -the container for the duration of the build. Be aware that using a -directory other than @file{/tmp} can affect build results---for example, -with a longer directory name, a build process that uses Unix-domain -sockets might hit the name length limitation for @code{sun_path}, which -it would otherwise not hit. +its @code{TMPDIR} environment variable. This directory is shared with +the container for the duration of the build, though within the container, +the build tree is always called @file{/tmp/guix-build-@var{name}.drv-0}. The build directory is automatically deleted upon completion, unless the build failed and the client specified @option{--keep-failed} |