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authorVladimír Čunát <vcunat@gmail.com>2016-02-23T13·19+0100
committerVladimír Čunát <vcunat@gmail.com>2016-02-23T13·19+0100
commit03cbb9ad5979a6af808b77e5783d2ee193bebbb4 (patch)
treed72f0950619818d3436b01d472d74646971f19c7 /doc/manual/command-ref
parent8f71bc33d5af7bc6d4728e5e36e89bcad27d2096 (diff)
nix-env: respect meta.outputsToInstall
Discussed on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/12653#discussion_r51601849
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
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+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
@@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ number of possible ways:
   linkend="rsec-nix-store-realise">realised</link> and
   installed.</para></listitem>
 
+  <listitem><para>By default all outputs are installed for each derivation.
+  That can be reduced by setting <literal>meta.outputsToInstall</literal>.
+  </para></listitem> <!-- TODO: link nixpkgs docs on the ability to override those. -->
+
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </para>