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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index 71a349509..1ad538049 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -224,16 +224,16 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><literal>build-use-chroot</literal></term>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>build-use-sandbox</literal></term>
<listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, builds will be
- performed in a <emphasis>chroot environment</emphasis>, i.e.,
+ performed in a <emphasis>sandboxed environment</emphasis>, i.e.,
they’re isolated from the normal file system hierarchy and will
only see their dependencies in the Nix store, the temporary build
directory, private versions of <filename>/proc</filename>,
<filename>/dev</filename>, <filename>/dev/shm</filename> and
- <filename>/dev/pts</filename>, and the paths configured with the
- <link linkend='conf-build-chroot-dirs'><literal>build-chroot-dirs</literal>
+ <filename>/dev/pts</filename> (on Linux), and the paths configured with the
+ <link linkend='conf-build-sandbox-paths'><literal>build-sandbox-paths</literal>
option</link>. This is useful to prevent undeclared dependencies
on files in directories such as <filename>/usr/bin</filename>. In
addition, on Linux, builds run in private PID, mount, network, IPC
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
system (except that fixed-output derivations do not run in private
network namespace to ensure they can access the network).</para>
- <para>Currently, chroots only work on Linux and Mac OS X. The use
- of a chroot requires that Nix is run as root (so you should use
+ <para>Currently, sandboxing only work on Linux and Mac OS X. The use
+ of a sandbox requires that Nix is run as root (so you should use
the <link linkend='conf-build-users-group'>“build users”
feature</link> to perform the actual builds under different users
than root).</para>
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
<para>If this option is set to <literal>relaxed</literal>, then
fixed-output derivations and derivations that have the
<varname>__noChroot</varname> attribute set to
- <literal>true</literal> do not run in chroots.</para>
+ <literal>true</literal> do not run in sandboxes.</para>
<para>The default is <literal>false</literal>.</para>
@@ -259,17 +259,16 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>build-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
+ <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-sandbox-paths">
+ <term><literal>build-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>A list of paths bind-mounted into Nix chroot
- environments. Contrary to what the name suggests, the specified
- paths do not have to be directories; you can bind-mount other
- types of files as well. You can use the syntax
+ <listitem><para>A list of paths bind-mounted into Nix sandbox
+ environments. You can use the syntax
<literal><replaceable>target</replaceable>=<replaceable>source</replaceable></literal>
- to mount a path in a different location in the chroot; for
+ to mount a path in a different location in the sandbox; for
instance, <literal>/bin=/nix-bin</literal> will mount the path
<literal>/nix-bin</literal> as <literal>/bin</literal> inside the
- chroot.</para>
+ sandbox.</para>
<para>Depending on how Nix was built, the default value for this option
may be empty or provide <filename>/bin/sh</filename> as a
@@ -278,10 +277,11 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-extra-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>build-extra-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
+ <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-extra-sandbox-paths">
+ <term><literal>build-extra-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
<listitem><para>A list of additional paths appended to
- <option>build-chroot-dirs</option>. Useful if you want to extend
+ <option>build-sandbox-paths</option>. Useful if you want to extend
its default value.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -593,19 +593,21 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
between different versions of the same system to be hard-coded into nix.
</para>
- <para>The hook is passed the derivation path and, if chroots are enabled,
- the chroot directory. It can then modify the chroot and send a series of
+ <para>The hook is passed the derivation path and, if sandboxes are enabled,
+ the sandbox directory. It can then modify the sandbox and send a series of
commands to modify various settings to stdout. The currently recognized
commands are:</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry xml:id="extra-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>extra-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
+ <varlistentry xml:id="extra-sandbox-paths">
+ <term><literal>extra-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>Pass a list of files and directories to be included in the
- chroot for this build. One entry per line, terminated by an empty
- line. Entries have the same format as build-chroot-dirs.</para>
+ sandbox for this build. One entry per line, terminated by an empty
+ line. Entries have the same format as
+ <literal>build-sandbox-paths</literal>.</para>
</listitem>