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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-04-09 17:16:00 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-04-09 17:16:00 +0000
commitfb45b0f5482546b98c984fb9fa753332ba84f72d (patch)
treed0151e1eaa0c076ff415f2bbfb349702d191fd91 /doc/manual/package-management.xml
parentc702dfca3f5a437866faf190ce7b0869fd1058cb (diff)
* Document nix-channel.
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@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ followed to prevent infinite recursion.</para>
</sect1>
-<sect1><title>Channels</title>
+<sect1 id="sec-channels"><title>Channels</title>
<para>If you want to stay up to date with a set of packages, it’s not
very convenient to manually download the latest set of Nix expressions
@@ -418,9 +418,10 @@ pre-built binaries (if available), and upgrade using
<emphasis>Nix channels</emphasis>.</para>
<para>A Nix channel is just a URL that points to a place that contains
-a set of Nix expressions and a manifest. Using the command
-<command>nix-channel</command> you can automatically stay up to date
-with whatever is available at that URL.</para>
+a set of Nix expressions and a manifest. Using the command <link
+linkend="sec-nix-channel"><command>nix-channel</command></link> you
+can automatically stay up to date with whatever is available at that
+URL.</para>
<para>You can <quote>subscribe</quote> to a channel using
<command>nix-channel --add</command>, e.g.,