Re: Avoid sending sources to offload servers

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Hi Simen,

On Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:57:26 +0800,
Simen Endsjø wrote:
>
> I notice package sources are sent to offload servers. I have a build that has
> 1.9GB sources, and results in a 4.7GB store item. I would have thought only 
> the
> definitions were sent to the build machine, and it would download the 1.9GB
> file, but it seems this file is sent from my machine. I cannot see a way 
> around
> this, and it makes it difficult to combine this package with packages I wish 
> to
> offload as I cannot state certain packages shouldn't be offloaded.
>
> Not sure what I'm asking here, just wanted to point out an issue which causes
> problems.

Guix commands that can spawn builds have a ‘--no-offload’ option, you can see
more these options here[1].


Thanks
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[1]: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Common-Build-Options.html