reproducibility: hide non-reproducible settings from manual

Because the manual is generated from default values which are themselves
generated from various sources (cpuid, bios settings (kvm), number of
cores). This commit hides non-reproducible settings from the manual
output.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual/generate-options.nix b/doc/manual/generate-options.nix
index 3c31a4eec..9a77f4d36 100644
--- a/doc/manual/generate-options.nix
+++ b/doc/manual/generate-options.nix
@@ -8,17 +8,19 @@ concatStrings (map
     let option = options.${name}; in
     "  - `${name}`  \n\n"
     + concatStrings (map (s: "    ${s}\n") (splitLines option.description)) + "\n\n"
-    + "    **Default:** " + (
-      if option.value == "" || option.value == []
-      then "*empty*"
-      else if isBool option.value
-      then (if option.value then "`true`" else "`false`")
-      else
-        # n.b. a StringMap value type is specified as a string, but
-        # this shows the value type.  The empty stringmap is "null" in
-        # JSON, but that converts to "{ }" here.
-        (if isAttrs option.value then "`\"\"`"
-         else "`" + toString option.value + "`")) + "\n\n"
+    + (if option.documentDefault
+       then "    **Default:** " + (
+       if option.value == "" || option.value == []
+       then "*empty*"
+       else if isBool option.value
+       then (if option.value then "`true`" else "`false`")
+       else
+         # n.b. a StringMap value type is specified as a string, but
+         # this shows the value type.  The empty stringmap is "null" in
+         # JSON, but that converts to "{ }" here.
+         (if isAttrs option.value then "`\"\"`"
+          else "`" + toString option.value + "`")) + "\n\n"
+       else "    **Default:** *machine-specific*")
     + (if option.aliases != []
        then "    **Deprecated alias:** " + (concatStringsSep ", " (map (s: "`${s}`") option.aliases)) + "\n\n"
        else "")