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diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.md b/src/libstore/local-store.md index 580cf5358..8174df839 100644 --- a/src/libstore/local-store.md +++ b/src/libstore/local-store.md @@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ R"( **Store URL format**: `local`, *root* This store type accesses a Nix store in the local filesystem directly -(i.e. not via the Nix daemon). *root* is an absolute path that denotes -the "root" of the filesystem; other directories such as the Nix store -directory (as denoted by the `store` setting) are interpreted relative -to *root*. The store pseudo-URL `local` denotes a store that uses `/` -as its root directory. +(i.e. not via the Nix daemon). *root* is an absolute path that is +prefixed to other directories such as the Nix store directory. The +store pseudo-URL `local` denotes a store that uses `/` as its root +directory. A store that uses a *root* other than `/` is called a *chroot store*. With such stores, the store directory is "logically" still |