From d5506aa71200425b65cc1777077478f5ff8d2aff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Joseph <54836058+amjoseph-nixpkgs@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 17:19:52 +0000 Subject: Update doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md Co-authored-by: Attila Gulyas --- doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/manual/src') diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md index 564667f93..b3e9ea040 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md @@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ commands from the `NixOS/nix` implementation. directory on another machine, accessed via `ssh` or served by the `nix-serve` Perl script. -A *binary cache* is a remote store which is not the local store of -any machine. Examples of binary caches include S3 buckets and the -[NixOS binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org). Binary caches use a -disk layout that is different from local stores; in particular, they -keep metadata and signatures in `.narinfo` files rather than in -`/nix/var/nix/db`. +A *binary cache* is a specialized Nix store whose metadata and +signatures are kept in `.narinfo` files rather than in the Nix +database. Examples of binary caches include S3 buckets and the +[NixOS binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org). A *substituter* is a store other than `/nix/store` from which Nix will copy a store path instead of building it. Nix will not copy a store -- cgit v1.2.3