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Backport netrc-file option to 1.11

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Shea Levy 2017-03-03 16:41:56 -05:00
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doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
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@ -457,6 +457,29 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>netrc-file</literal></term>
<listitem><para>If set to an absolute path to a <filename>netrc</filename>
file, Nix will use the HTTP authentication credentials in this file when
trying to download from a remote host through HTTP or HTTPS. Defaults to
<filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/netrc</filename>.</para>
<para>The <filename>netrc</filename> file consists of a list of
accounts in the following format:
<screen>
machine <replaceable>my-machine</replaceable>
login <replaceable>my-username</replaceable>
password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
</screen>
For the exact syntax, see <link
xlink:href="https://ec.haxx.se/usingcurl-netrc.html">the
<literal>curl</literal> documentation.</link></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system