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diff --git a/src/nix/why-depends.md b/src/nix/why-depends.md index fdbebbedc..8e393c9c4 100644 --- a/src/nix/why-depends.md +++ b/src/nix/why-depends.md @@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ R""( # Description -Nix automatically determines potential runtime dependencies between +Lix automatically determines potential runtime dependencies between store paths by scanning for the *hash parts* of store paths. For instance, if there exists a store path `/nix/store/9df65igwjmf2wbw0gbrrgair6piqjgmi-glibc-2.31`, and a file inside another store path contains the string `9df65igw…`, then the latter store path *refers* to the former, and thus might need it at -runtime. Nix always maintains the existence of the transitive closure +runtime. Lix always maintains the existence of the transitive closure of a store path under the references relationship; it is therefore not possible to install a store path without having all of its references present. -Sometimes Nix packages end up with unexpected runtime dependencies; +Sometimes Lix packages end up with unexpected runtime dependencies; for instance, a reference to a compiler might accidentally end up in a binary, causing the former to be in the latter's closure. This kind of *closure size bloat* is undesirable. |