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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-04-08 13:00:38 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-04-08 13:00:38 +0000
commit8b70f138e02d62214715f144b133bf1b981911df (patch)
tree43728d72c9c0c190d22b1b5bb11ff2a921917327 /doc/manual/opt-common.xml
parent4271385a73d5e073ddfa7e4a75ab0ae5bef50439 (diff)
* Lots of manual updates, in particular the new `nix-store --query'
options were documented, as well as the Nix configuration file.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/opt-common.xml')
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diff --git a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
index fb35c1a74..467959f19 100644
--- a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
@@ -35,33 +35,33 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>0</term>
- <listitem><para><quote>Errors only</quote>: only print messages
+ <listitem><para>“Errors only”: only print messages
explaining why the Nix invocation failed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>1</term>
- <listitem><para><quote>Informational</quote>: print
+ <listitem><para>“Informational”: print
<emphasis>useful</emphasis> messages about what Nix is doing.
This is the default.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>2</term>
- <listitem><para><quote>Talkative</quote>: print more informational
+ <listitem><para>“Talkative”: print more informational
messages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>3</term>
- <listitem><para><quote>Chatty</quote>: print even more
+ <listitem><para>“Chatty”: print even more
informational messages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>4</term>
- <listitem><para><quote>Debug</quote>: print debug
+ <listitem><para>“Debug”: print debug
information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>5</term>
- <listitem><para><quote>Vomit</quote>: print vast amounts of debug
+ <listitem><para>“Vomit”: print vast amounts of debug
information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -120,19 +120,21 @@
<listitem>
- <para>Whenever Nix attempts to realise a derivation for which a
- closure is already known, but this closure cannot be realised, fall
- back on normalising the derivation.</para>
+ <para>Whenever Nix attempts to build a derivation for which
+ substitutes are known for each output path, but realising the output
+ paths through the substitutes fails, fall back on building the
+ derivation.</para>
<para>The most common scenario in which this is useful is when we
have registered substitutes in order to perform binary distribution
from, say, a network repository. If the repository is down, the
realisation of the derivation will fail. When this option is
- specified, Nix will build the derivation instead. Thus, binary
- installation falls back on a source installation. This option is
- not the default since it is generally not desirable for a transient
- failure in obtaining the substitutes to lead to a full build from
- source (with the related consumption of resources).</para>
+ specified, Nix will build the derivation instead. Thus,
+ installation from binaries falls back on nstallation from source.
+ This option is not the default since it is generally not desirable
+ for a transient failure in obtaining the substitutes to lead to a
+ full build from source (with the related consumption of
+ resources).</para>
</listitem>