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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md index aa775b163..117b43a88 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md @@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ translated into low-level *store derivations* (implicitly by `nix-env` and `nix-build`, or explicitly by `nix-instantiate`). + [derivation]: #gloss-derivation + + - [store derivation]{#gloss-store-derivation}\ + A [derivation] represented as a `.drv` file in the [store]. + It has a [store path], like any [store object]. + + Example: `/nix/store/g946hcz4c8mdvq2g8vxx42z51qb71rvp-git-2.38.1.drv` + + See [`nix show-derivation`](./command-ref/new-cli/nix3-show-derivation.md) (experimental) for displaying the contents of store derivations. + + [store derivation]: #gloss-store-derivation + - [content-addressed derivation]{#gloss-content-addressed-derivation}\ A derivation which has the [`__contentAddressed`](./language/advanced-attributes.md#adv-attr-__contentAddressed) @@ -34,6 +46,8 @@ directory on another machine, accessed via `ssh` or served by the `nix-serve` Perl script. + [store]: #gloss-store + - [chroot store]{#gloss-chroot-store}\ A local store whose canonical path is anything other than `/nix/store`. @@ -49,6 +63,10 @@ The location in the file system of a store object, i.e., an immediate child of the Nix store directory. + Example: `/nix/store/a040m110amc4h71lds2jmr8qrkj2jhxd-git-2.38.1` + + [store path]: #gloss-store-path + - [store object]{#gloss-store-object}\ A file that is an immediate child of the Nix store directory. These can be regular files, but also entire directory trees. Store objects @@ -56,6 +74,8 @@ derivation outputs (objects produced by running a build task), or derivations (files describing a build task). + [store object]: #gloss-store-object + - [input-addressed store object]{#gloss-input-addressed-store-object}\ A store object produced by building a non-[content-addressed](#gloss-content-addressed-derivation), |