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| author | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2023-07-19 10:33:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2023-07-19 10:38:42 +0200 |
| commit | fcadac0a02b30d1d876c804edf7f2745d880a10c (patch) | |
| tree | 7b72a519980f689e99ae30ccf72bcba993d94d8e | |
| parent | aba32def7390432855401b815ff21915aba3eb81 (diff) | |
mention `extra-platforms`
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/globals.hh | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh index 63ac54e97..ad02bfb42 100644 --- a/src/libstore/globals.hh +++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public: this, SYSTEM, "system", R"( The system type of the current Nix installation. - Nix will only build [derivations](@docroot@/language/derivations.md) whose `system` attribute equals the value specified here. + Nix will only build a given [derivation](@docroot@/language/derivations.md) locally when its `system` attribute equals the value specified here or in [`extra-platforms`](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.html#conf-extra-platforms). The default value is set when Nix itself is compiled for the system it will run on. The following system types are widely used, as [Nix is actively supported on these platforms](@docroot@/contributing/hacking.md#platforms): |