Re: Package file indexing

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> skribis:

> Thanks Nicolò, your feedback was very useful!
>
> So it's not program-not-found but command-not-found and it's define
> here:
>
>   
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/modules/programs/command-not-found
>
> Then I found this
>
>   https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-channel-scripts
>
> All this is pretty clear and simple.
>
> The main thing I wonder at this point is when the
> "generate-programs-index.cc" file is run.
>
> What would be the good entry point in substitute servers to populate
> such a database?

The database could be updated upon reception of a build-completion
notification from build machines or from the Data Service, like Chris
proposed.  (Or, if it were ‘guix publish’, it could do that on demand,
the first time a narinfo is requested.)

Ludo’.