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diff --git a/src/nix/nix.md b/src/nix/nix.md index 0d588cd01..192b1d1c1 100644 --- a/src/nix/nix.md +++ b/src/nix/nix.md @@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ R""( # Description -Nix is a tool for building software, configurations and other +Lix is a tool for building software, configurations and other artifacts in a reproducible and declarative way. For more information, -see the [Nix homepage](https://nixos.org/) or the [Nix -manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/). +see the [Lix homepage](https://lix.systems). + +Lix is a fork of the original implementation [CppNix](https://github.com/nixos/nix). # Installables @@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ The following types of installable are supported by most commands: - Specified with `--expr`/`-E` For most commands, if no installable is specified, `.` is assumed. -That is, Nix will operate on the default flake output attribute of the flake in the current directory. +That is, Lix will operate on the default flake output attribute of the flake in the current directory. ### Flake output attribute @@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ way: and `RELATIVE_FLAKE_DIR_PATH` is the path (relative to the directory root) of the closest parent of the given path that contains a `flake.nix` within the git repository. - If no such directory exists, then Nix will error-out. + If no such directory exists, then Lix will error-out. Note that the search will only include files indexed by git. In particular, files which are matched by `.gitignore` or have never been `git add`-ed will not be @@ -120,12 +121,12 @@ way: - If the supplied path is not a git repository, then the url will have the form `path:FLAKE_DIR_PATH` where `FLAKE_DIR_PATH` is the closest parent of the supplied path that contains a `flake.nix` file (within the same file-system). - If no such directory exists, then Nix will error-out. + If no such directory exists, then Lix will error-out. For example, if `/foo/bar/flake.nix` exists, then `/foo/bar/baz/` will resolve to `path:/foo/bar` -If *attrpath* is omitted, Nix tries some default values; for most +If *attrpath* is omitted, Lix tries some default values; for most subcommands, the default is `packages.`*system*`.default` (e.g. `packages.x86_64-linux.default`), but some subcommands have other defaults. If *attrpath* *is* specified, *attrpath* is @@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ operate are determined as follows: … ``` * If you didn't specify the desired outputs, but the derivation has an - attribute `meta.outputsToInstall`, Nix will use those outputs. For + attribute `meta.outputsToInstall`, Lix will use those outputs. For example, since the package `nixpkgs#libxml2` has this attribute: ```console @@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ operate are determined as follows: [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation -* Otherwise, Nix will use all outputs of the derivation. +* Otherwise, Lix will use all outputs of the derivation. # Nix stores |