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diff --git a/doc/manual/redirects.js b/doc/manual/redirects.js index bddd56eb8..d75cd231a 100644 --- a/doc/manual/redirects.js +++ b/doc/manual/redirects.js @@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ const redirects = { "macos": "uninstall.html#macos", "uninstalling": "uninstall.html" } + "contributing/hacking.html": { + "nix-with-flakes": "#building-nix-with-flakes" + "classic-nix": "#building-nix" + } }; // the following code matches the current page's URL against the set of redirects. diff --git a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md index c57d45138..6c6f2eb52 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md @@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ The following instructions assume you already have some version of Nix installed [installation instructions]: ../installation/installation.md -## Nix with flakes +## Building Nix with flakes -This section assumes you are using Nix with [flakes] enabled. See the [next section](#classic-nix) for equivalent instructions which don't require flakes. +This section assumes you are using Nix with the [`flakes`] and [`nix-command`] experimental features enabled. +See the [Building Nix](#building-nix) section for equivalent instructions using stable Nix interfaces. -[flakes]: ../command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md#description +[`flakes`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-flakes +[`nix-command`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-nix-command -To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment -variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found: +To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found: ```console $ nix develop @@ -55,20 +56,17 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it: nix (Nix) 2.12 ``` -To build a release version of Nix: +To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture: ```console $ nix build ``` -You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms). +You can also build Nix for one of the [supported platforms](#platforms). -## Classic Nix +## Building Nix -This section is for Nix without [flakes]. - -To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment -variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found: +To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found: ```console $ nix-shell @@ -102,13 +100,13 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it: nix (Nix) 2.12 ``` -To build Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture use +To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture: ```console $ nix-build ``` -You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms). +You can also build Nix for one of the [supported platforms](#platforms). ## Platforms |