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doc: extend breakpointHook documentation

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Jörg Thalheim 2018-10-26 10:53:21 +01:00
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@ -2451,16 +2451,19 @@ addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" myBashFunction
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This hook will make a build pause instead of stopping
when a failure happen. It prevents nix to cleanup the build
environment immediatly and allows the user to attach
to a build environemnt using the <varname>cntr</varname> command.
On build error it will print the instruction that are neccessary for cntr.
Note that <varname>cntr</varname> is not installed by default and
needs to be installed seperatly. <varname>cntr</varname> also needs to be executed
on the machine that is doing the build, which might be not the case
when remote builders are enabled. <varname>cntr</varname> is only supported
on linux based platforms.
This hook will make a build pause instead of stopping when a failure
happen. It prevents nix to cleanup the build environment immediatly and
allows the user to attach to a build environment using the
<command>cntr</command> command. On build error it will print the
instruction that are neccessary for <command>cntr</command>. Installing
cntr and running the command will provide shell access to the build
sandbox of failed build. At <filename>/var/lib/cntr</filename> the
sandbox filesystem is mounted. All commands and files of the system are
still accessible within the shell. To execute commands from the sandbox
use the cntr exec subcommand. Note that <command>cntr</command> also
needs to be executed on the machine that is doing the build, which might
be not the case when remote builders are enabled.
<command>cntr</command> is only supported on linux based platforms.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>