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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md index acf29e4aa..a53d30c46 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md @@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ The operation `--realise` essentially “builds” the specified store paths. Realisation is a somewhat overloaded term: - If the store path is a *derivation*, realisation ensures that the - output paths of the derivation are [valid](../glossary.md) (i.e., + output paths of the derivation are [valid] (i.e., the output path and its closure exist in the file system). This can be done in several ways. First, it is possible that the outputs are already valid, in which case we are done - immediately. Otherwise, there may be [substitutes](../glossary.md) + immediately. Otherwise, there may be [substitutes] that produce the outputs (e.g., by downloading them). Finally, the outputs can be produced by running the build task described by the derivation. @@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ paths. Realisation is a somewhat overloaded term: produced through substitutes. If there are no (successful) substitutes, realisation fails. +[valid]: ../glossary.md#validity +[substitutes]: ../glossary.md#substitute + The output path of each derivation is printed on standard output. (For non-derivations argument, the argument itself is printed.) @@ -289,8 +292,8 @@ error: cannot delete path `/nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4' ## Description -The operation `--query` displays various bits of information about the -store paths . The queries are described below. At most one query can be +The operation `--query` displays information about [store path]s. +The queries are described below. At most one query can be specified. The default query is `--outputs`. The paths *paths* may also be symlinks from outside of the Nix store, to @@ -310,12 +313,12 @@ symlink. ## Queries - `--outputs`\ - Prints out the [output paths](../glossary.md) of the store + Prints out the [output path]s of the store derivations *paths*. These are the paths that will be produced when the derivation is built. - `--requisites`; `-R`\ - Prints out the [closure](../glossary.md) of the store path *paths*. + Prints out the [closure] of the given *paths*. This query has one option: @@ -332,10 +335,12 @@ symlink. derivation and specifying the option `--include-outputs`. - `--references`\ - Prints the set of [references](../glossary.md) of the store paths + Prints the set of [references]s of the store paths *paths*, that is, their immediate dependencies. (For *all* dependencies, use `--requisites`.) + [reference]: ../glossary.md#gloss-reference + - `--referrers`\ Prints the set of *referrers* of the store paths *paths*, that is, the store paths currently existing in the Nix store that refer to @@ -350,11 +355,13 @@ symlink. in the Nix store that are dependent on *paths*. - `--deriver`; `-d`\ - Prints the [deriver](../glossary.md) of the store paths *paths*. If + Prints the [deriver] of the store paths *paths*. If the path has no deriver (e.g., if it is a source file), or if the deriver is not known (e.g., in the case of a binary-only deployment), the string `unknown-deriver` is printed. + [deriver]: ../glossary.md#gloss-deriver + - `--graph`\ Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* in the format of the `dot` tool of AT\&T's [Graphviz diff --git a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md index 0fcc2b07b..43b1ff899 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md @@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ [store derivation]: #gloss-store-derivation + - [realise]{#gloss-realise}, realisation\ + Ensure a [store path] is [valid][validity]. + + This means either running the `builder` executable as specified in the corresponding [derivation] or fetching a pre-built [store object] from a [substituter]. + + See [`nix-build`](./command-ref/nix-build.md) and [`nix-store --realise`](./command-ref/nix-store.md#operation---realise). + + See [`nix build`](./command-ref/new-cli/nix3-build.md) (experimental). + + [realise]: #gloss-realise + - [content-addressed derivation]{#gloss-content-addressed-derivation}\ A derivation which has the [`__contentAddressed`](./language/advanced-attributes.md#adv-attr-__contentAddressed) @@ -101,6 +112,8 @@ copy store objects it doesn't have. For details, see the [`substituters` option](./command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-substituters). + [substituter]: #gloss-substituter + - [purity]{#gloss-purity}\ The assumption that equal Nix derivations when run always produce the same output. This cannot be guaranteed in general (e.g., a @@ -149,13 +162,15 @@ [output path]: #gloss-output-path - [deriver]{#gloss-deriver}\ - The deriver of an *output path* is the store - derivation that built it. + The [store derivation] that produced an [output path]. - [validity]{#gloss-validity}\ - A store path is considered *valid* if it exists in the file system, - is listed in the Nix database as being valid, and if all paths in - its closure are also valid. + A store path is valid if all [store object]s in its [closure] can be read from the [store]. + + For a local store, this means: + - The store path leads to an existing [store object] in that [store]. + - The store path is listed in the Nix database as being valid. + - All paths in the store path's [closure] are valid. - [user environment]{#gloss-user-env}\ An automatically generated store object that consists of a set of |