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@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
# Synopsis
`nix-store` {`--query` | `-q`}
- {`--outputs` | `--requisites` | `-R` | `--references` |
- `--referrers` | `--referrers-closure` | `--deriver` | `-d` |
+ {`--outputs` | `--requisites` | `-R` | `--references` | `--referrers` |
+ `--referrers-closure` | `--deriver` | `-d` | `--valid-derivers` |
`--graph` | `--tree` | `--binding` *name* | `-b` *name* | `--hash` |
`--size` | `--roots`}
[`--use-output`] [`-u`] [`--force-realise`] [`-f`]
@@ -82,13 +82,21 @@ symlink.
in the Nix store that are dependent on *paths*.
- `--deriver`; `-d`\
- Prints the [deriver] of the store paths *paths*. If
+ Prints the [deriver] that was used to build 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.
+ The returned deriver is not guaranteed to exist in the local store, for
+ example when *paths* were substituted from a binary cache.
+ Use `--valid-derivers` instead to obtain valid paths only.
[deriver]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-deriver
+ - `--valid-derivers`\
+ Prints a set of derivation files (`.drv`) which are supposed produce
+ said paths when realized. Might print nothing, for example for source paths
+ or paths subsituted from a binary cache.
+
- `--graph`\
Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* in the format
of the `dot` tool of AT\&T's [Graphviz