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| author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2022-12-07 12:58:58 +0100 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2022-12-07 14:06:34 +0100 |
| commit | 703d863a48f549b2626382eda407ffae779f8725 (patch) | |
| tree | e38d101d192accd9099a5f0d0aaf8ff14c4ca0f3 /doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md | |
| parent | c4a6113800dd3aa4eb95b74853c844331af82f1e (diff) | |
Trivial changes from the lazy-trees branch
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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md index 3f3eb6915..6947dbf4c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md @@ -8,41 +8,10 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables: - [`NIX_PATH`]{#env-NIX_PATH}\ A colon-separated list of directories used to look up Nix - expressions enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`). For - instance, the value - - /home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos - - will cause Nix to look for paths relative to `/home/eelco/Dev` and - `/etc/nixos`, in this order. It is also possible to match paths - against a prefix. For example, the value - - nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch:/etc/nixos - - will cause Nix to search for `<nixpkgs/path>` in - `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch/path` and `/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/path`. - - If a path in the Nix search path starts with `http://` or - `https://`, it is interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be - downloaded and unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must - consist of a single top-level directory. For example, setting - `NIX_PATH` to - - nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz - - tells Nix to download and use the current contents of the - `master` branch in the `nixpkgs` repository. - - The URLs of the tarballs from the official nixos.org channels (see - [the manual for `nix-channel`](nix-channel.md)) can be abbreviated - as `channel:<channel-name>`. For instance, the following two - values of `NIX_PATH` are equivalent: - - nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05 - nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xz - - The Nix search path can also be extended using the `-I` option to - many Nix commands, which takes precedence over `NIX_PATH`. + expressions enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`), + e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the + `-I` option. For more information about the semantics of the Nix + search path, see the documentation for `-I`. - [`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`]{#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE}\ Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not |