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authorPatrick Hilhorst <git@hilhorst.be>2018-12-14T08·36+0100
committerPatrick Hilhorst <git@hilhorst.be>2018-12-14T08·36+0100
commit567941fb59960a05a5d99208fb229c8777977023 (patch)
tree59d37709b52d52310456486a1e17e73c7f6ac425 /doc/manual/command-ref
parent6024dc1d97212130c19d3ff5ce6b1d102837eee6 (diff)
Clarify nix-instantiate --read-write-mode
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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml
index 39c1282fcc36..53f06aed1241 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ input.</para>
     <listitem><para>When used with <option>--eval</option>, perform
     evaluation in read/write mode so nix language features that
     require it will still work (at the cost of needing to do
-    instantiation of every evaluated derivation).</para>
+    instantiation of every evaluated derivation). If this option is
+    not enabled, there may be uninstantiated store paths in the final
+    output.</para>
 
     </listitem>