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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-07-29 14:37:40 -0400
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-07-29 14:37:40 -0400
commitf15083c10afaebb8f2a0e7fbc95dd4cc5208c992 (patch)
tree5a5f7ef7babfb1a31a51d7ecabf97adcb430fde4 /doc/manual/opt-common.xml
parent3a4623afbbc1bff85bde33167d36e8c5a4a3df0d (diff)
Document the --option flag
Pointed out by Daniel Santa Cruz on IRC.
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@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
<listitem><para>Causes Nix to print out a stack trace in case of Nix
expression evaluation errors.</para></listitem>
-
+
</varlistentry>
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry><term><option>--option</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the Nix configuration option
+ <replaceable>name</replaceable> to <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
+ This overrides settings in the Nix configuration file (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nix.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>