dub with nix (issue introduced by dub >= dub-v1.31.0)

[WebFreak001]

On Friday, 26 May 2023 at 18:53:36 UTC, Ralph Amissah wrote:
> Rikki, thanks for your response. Something is changed from 
> v1.31.0 I hope for a fix or workaround.
>
> Unfortunately ``--cache=local`` did not solve the problem.
>
> using ``--cache=local`` :
>
> dub >= v1.31.0 build breaks (trying to build a subpackage, 
> happens to
> be dyaml i believe as the first sub-package it tries to build)
>    > Error /homeless-shelter: Permission denied
>
> [...]

thanks for the response, this seems to be a bug. I'll investigate 
this in dub and ensure --cache=local works, as well as giving the 
option to always use cache local by default, so that users with 
read-only filesystems can continue to use dub, even though 
filesystem usage will be much higher.