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authorValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2023-06-20 13:44:04 +0200
committerValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2023-06-20 13:44:43 +0200
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@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ The following instructions assume you already have some version of Nix installed
[installation instructions]: ../installation/installation.md
-## Nix with flakes
+## Building Nix with flakes
-This section assumes you are using Nix with [flakes] enabled. See the [next section](#classic-nix) for equivalent instructions which don't require flakes.
+This section assumes you are using Nix with the [`flakes`] and [`nix-command`] experimental features enabled.
+See the [Building Nix](#building-nix) section for equivalent instructions using stable Nix interfaces.
-[flakes]: ../command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md#description
+[`flakes`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-flakes
+[`nix-command`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-nix-command
-To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
-variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
+To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
```console
$ nix develop
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
nix (Nix) 2.12
```
-To build a release version of Nix:
+To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture:
```console
$ nix build
@@ -63,12 +64,9 @@ $ nix build
You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms).
-## Classic Nix
+## Building Nix
-This section is for Nix without [flakes].
-
-To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
-variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
+To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
```console
$ nix-shell
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
nix (Nix) 2.12
```
-To build Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture use
+To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture:
```console
$ nix-build