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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-11-14 10:42:16 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-11-14 10:42:16 +0000
commit9f8964a0622716e68935ce7e25e860a63f609f49 (patch)
tree44a1c4b8b1c39e9d33e2487c091c3d3c53ecb129 /doc/manual/build-farm.xml
parent0b79a1208228298d3abda7c03153c1abec2406d4 (diff)
* More manual fixes.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/build-farm.xml b/doc/manual/build-farm.xml
index dc27d1cff..4745d205c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/build-farm.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/build-farm.xml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ build farm, since:
instance, if you perform a build for a
<literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> on an
<literal>i686-linux</literal> machine, Nix can automatically forward
- to build to a <literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> machine, if
+ the build to a <literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> machine, if
available.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>The Nix expression language is ideal for providing
+ <listitem><para>The Nix expression language is ideal for describing
build jobs, plus all their dependencies. For instance, if your
package has some dependency, you don't have to manually install it
on all the machines in the build farm; they will be built
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ build farm, since:
<listitem><para>Proper release management requires that builds (if
deployed) are traceable: it should be possible to figure out from
exactly what sources they were built, in what configuration, etc.;
- and it should be possible to reproduce the build, if necessary.
- Nix's hashing scheme uniquely identifies builds, and Nix expressions
- are self-contained.</para></listitem>
+ and it should be possible to reproduce the build, if necessary. Nix
+ makes this possible since Nix's hashing scheme uniquely identifies
+ builds, and Nix expressions are self-contained.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nix will only rebuild things that have actually
changed. For instance, if the sources of a component haven't