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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/derived-path.cc | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix/nix.md | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/derived-path.cc b/src/libstore/derived-path.cc index 11a3f5e23..f6a0c01df 100644 --- a/src/libstore/derived-path.cc +++ b/src/libstore/derived-path.cc @@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ DerivedPath::Built DerivedPath::Built::parse(const Store & store, std::string_vi { auto drvPath = store.parseStorePath(drvS); std::set<std::string> outputs; - if (outputsS != "*") + if (outputsS != "*") { outputs = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(outputsS, ","); + if (outputs.empty()) + throw Error( + "Explicit list of wanted outputs '%s' must not be empty. Consider using '*' as a wildcard meaning all outputs if no output in particular is wanted.", outputsS); + } return {drvPath, outputs}; } diff --git a/src/nix/nix.md b/src/nix/nix.md index 32112d38d..5d669e8b1 100644 --- a/src/nix/nix.md +++ b/src/nix/nix.md @@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ the Nix store. Here are the recognised types of installables: *(Experimental, part of by the `computed-derivations` experimental feature.)* - Store derivations can be indexed with a specific output name. This - allows finer control versus just specifying a derivation (without + Store derivations can be indexed with a non-empty comma-separated list + of specific output names, or `*` meaning all ouptuts. This allows + finer control versus just specifying a derivation (without `--derivation`) and getting all the outputs. This is especially useful for (currently unstable) floating content |