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diff --git a/doc/concepts/computed-roots.md b/doc/concepts/computed-roots.md index 171c7648..7007eab4 100644 --- a/doc/concepts/computed-roots.md +++ b/doc/concepts/computed-roots.md @@ -136,9 +136,11 @@ of a `"computed"` repository is just forwarded as computed root. Due to the presence of `just serve`, roots can be absent. This affects computed roots in two ways, + - roots, in particular the target roots, of the repository referred to can be absent, and - a computed root can be absent itself. + The latter has to be supported, as dependencies that should be delegated to `just serve` might contain computed roots themselves. In this case, we consider it acceptable to have one round of talking @@ -172,12 +174,14 @@ true}]` is the same computed root considered absent. If a computed root is absent then, in native mode, regardless of whether the base repository is absent or not, + - serve will be asked for the result, and - from the result the tree identifier of the root will be computed in memory and the root set to that value, as absent. If a concrete computed root refers to a base repository with absent target root, + - the client will ask serve about the flexible variables of the specified target, and - with this information will compute locally the cache key and |