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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.11.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.11.md index d2f4d73aa..4564db977 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.11.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.11.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ on Nix. Here is an (incomplete) list: multiple packages with the same name, then pick the package with the highest priority, and only use the version if there are multiple packages with the same priority. - + This makes it possible to mark specific versions/variant in Nixpkgs more or less desirable than others. A typical example would be a beta version of some package (e.g., `gcc-4.2.0rc1`) which should not @@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ on Nix. Here is an (incomplete) list: be modified. There are several attributes that can be usefully modified, because they affect the behaviour of `nix-env` or the user environment build script: - + - `meta.priority` can be changed to resolve filename clashes (see above). - + - `meta.keep` can be set to `true` to prevent the package from being upgraded or replaced. Useful if you want to hang on to an older version of a package. - + - `meta.active` can be set to `false` to “disable” the package. That is, no symlinks will be generated to the files of the package, but it remains part of the profile (so it won’t be |