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| author | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2023-05-17 14:59:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2023-05-17 15:01:54 +0200 |
| commit | 6a5a8f51bb9773ab4aeac8f508872bcf5ec6fda2 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b1fb5ddf057082334b595af01c8501731191e07 /doc/manual | |
| parent | 549f8dc97b56babb0e23e2c097dce2fa283b6d09 (diff) | |
add cross-references to pure evaluation mode
use consistent wording everywhere.
add some details on the configuration option documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md b/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md index 204daab6e..e6bc7e915 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ These constants are built into the Nix language evaluator: identifier for the Nix installation on which the expression is being evaluated, such as `"i686-linux"` or `"x86_64-darwin"`. + Not available in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval). + - [`builtins.currentTime`]{#builtins-currentTime} (integer) Return the [Unix time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) at first evaluation. @@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ These constants are built into the Nix language evaluator: 1683705525 ``` - > **Warning** - > - > This is intended for testing and debugging only. - > Do not use it in production systems, since an impure, that is, non-constant value will break reproducibility. + The [store path](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-path) of a derivation depending on `currentTime` will differ for each evaluation. + + Not available in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval). |