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| author | Andrei Boar <andrey.boar@gmail.com> | 2022-08-19 11:51:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Andrei Boar <andrey.boar@gmail.com> | 2022-08-19 11:51:32 +0300 |
| commit | 82b867d0b5417ed42485b39b2bacd55fb390d61b (patch) | |
| tree | 12d74056b5e6515af7ea8d3da15489e7beb73622 | |
| parent | 1c2c1a6e009eff7b19f00a3780891a3197d33e28 (diff) | |
cover empty string case
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md index 7b6c05dfb..4846f3a10 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md @@ -46,9 +46,13 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables: If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Nix will fall back to the following list in impure and unrestricted evaluation mode: - 1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels` - 2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs` - 3. `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels` + 1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels` + 2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs` + 3. `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels` + + If `NIX_PATH` is set to an empty string the above fallback will not happen and building will fail with: + + `error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path` - [`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`]{#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE}\ Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not |