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| author | Adam Joseph <54836058+amjoseph-nixpkgs@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-08-05 17:19:52 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-08-05 17:19:52 +0000 |
| commit | d5506aa71200425b65cc1777077478f5ff8d2aff (patch) | |
| tree | d8e9dc5f587d6a30a050e10160cf44a9d58996d9 /doc/manual/src | |
| parent | 66a93a76b9842ac18188b91f5a30c4ac4f2b6118 (diff) | |
Update doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md
Co-authored-by: Attila Gulyas <toraritte@gmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md index 564667f93..b3e9ea040 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md @@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ commands from the `NixOS/nix` implementation.</sup> directory on another machine, accessed via `ssh` or served by the `nix-serve` Perl script. -A *binary cache* is a remote store which is not the local store of -any machine. Examples of binary caches include S3 buckets and the -[NixOS binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org). Binary caches use a -disk layout that is different from local stores; in particular, they -keep metadata and signatures in `.narinfo` files rather than in -`/nix/var/nix/db`. +A *binary cache* is a specialized Nix store whose metadata and +signatures are kept in `.narinfo` files rather than in the Nix +database. Examples of binary caches include S3 buckets and the +[NixOS binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org). A *substituter* is a store other than `/nix/store` from which Nix will copy a store path instead of building it. Nix will not copy a store |