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author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-07-23 10:44:54 +0200 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-07-23 18:27:11 +0200 |
commit | f3903035667e158112dfd414091d8d50ef90c5f4 (patch) | |
tree | 4b9e6e9568104e1cf46cfd0e6f5e7103ddfadd27 /doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md | |
parent | c20c0823838d257b1e18e71c307f53afac0d2b39 (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md index 683b504a7..01e18513d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes. impureEnvVars = [ "http_proxy" "https_proxy" ... ]; to make it use the proxy server configuration specified by the user - in the environment variables http\_proxy and friends. + in the environment variables `http_proxy` and friends. This attribute is only allowed in [fixed-output derivations](#fixed-output-drvs), where impurities such as these are @@ -201,15 +201,15 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes. ``` - then when the builder runs, the environment variable bigPath will + then when the builder runs, the environment variable `bigPath` will contain the absolute path to a temporary file containing `a very long string`. That is, for any attribute x listed in `passAsFile`, Nix - will pass an environment variable xPath holding the path of the file - containing the value of attribute x. This is useful when you need to - pass large strings to a builder, since most operating systems impose - a limit on the size of the environment (typically, a few hundred - kilobyte). + will pass an environment variable `xPath` holding the path of the + file containing the value of attribute x. This is useful when you + need to pass large strings to a builder, since most operating + systems impose a limit on the size of the environment (typically, a + few hundred kilobyte). - `preferLocalBuild` If this attribute is set to `true` and [distributed building is |