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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 4c8f3d9d3..fb7bdf573 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -430,15 +430,15 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para> <listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system name of the current installation, such as <literal>i686-linux</literal> or - <literal>powerpc-darwin</literal>. Nix can only build derivations + <literal>x86_64-darwin</literal>. Nix can only build derivations whose <literal>system</literal> attribute equals the value specified here. In general, it never makes sense to modify this value from its default, since you can use it to ‘lie’ about the platform you are building on (e.g., perform a Mac OS build on a Linux machine; the result would obviously be wrong). It only makes sense if the Nix binaries can run on multiple platforms, - e.g., ‘universal binaries’ that run on <literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> and - <literal>i686-darwin</literal>.</para> + e.g., ‘universal binaries’ that run on <literal>x86_64-linux</literal> and + <literal>i686-linux</literal>.</para> <para>It defaults to the canonical Nix system name detected by <filename>configure</filename> at build time.</para></listitem> |