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author | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2005-04-08T13·00+0000 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2005-04-08T13·00+0000 |
commit | 8b70f138e02d62214715f144b133bf1b981911df (patch) | |
tree | 43728d72c9c0c190d22b1b5bb11ff2a921917327 /doc/manual/glossary.xml | |
parent | 4271385a73d5e073ddfa7e4a75ab0ae5bef50439 (diff) |
* Lots of manual updates, in particular the new `nix-store --query'
options were documented, as well as the Nix configuration file.
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/glossary.xml | 46 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/glossary.xml b/doc/manual/glossary.xml index c3dc36fb3f2f..cee6dac254d6 100644 --- a/doc/manual/glossary.xml +++ b/doc/manual/glossary.xml @@ -79,17 +79,47 @@ </glossentry> -<glossentry><glossterm>closure</glossterm> +<glossentry id="gloss-reference"><glossterm>reference</glossterm> + + <glossdef><para>A store path <varname>P</varname> is said to have a + reference to a store path <varname>Q</varname> if the store object + at <varname>P</varname> contains the path <varname>Q</varname> + somewhere. This implies than an execution involving + <varname>P</varname> potentially needs <varname>Q</varname> to be + present. The <emphasis>references</emphasis> of a store path are + the set of store paths to which it has a reference.</para></glossdef> + +</glossentry> + + +<glossentry id="gloss-closure"><glossterm>closure</glossterm> <glossdef><para>The closure of a store path is the set of store paths that are directly or indirectly “reachable” from that store - path. For instance, if the store object at path - <varname>P</varname> contains a reference to path - <varname>Q</varname>, then <varname>Q</varname> is in the closure of - <varname>P</varname>. For correct deployment it is necessary to - deploy whole closures, since otherwise at runtime files could be - missing. The command <command>nix-store -qR</command> prints out - closures of store paths.</para></glossdef> + path; that is, it’s the closure of the path under the <link + linkend="gloss-reference">references</link> relation. For instance, + if the store object at path <varname>P</varname> contains a + reference to path <varname>Q</varname>, then <varname>Q</varname> is + in the closure of <varname>P</varname>. For correct deployment it + is necessary to deploy whole closures, since otherwise at runtime + files could be missing. The command <command>nix-store + -qR</command> prints out closures of store paths.</para></glossdef> + +</glossentry> + + +<glossentry id="gloss-output-path"><glossterm>output path</glossterm> + + <glossdef><para>A store path produced by a derivation.</para></glossdef> + +</glossentry> + + +<glossentry id="gloss-deriver"><glossterm>deriver</glossterm> + + <glossdef><para>The deriver of an <link + linkend="gloss-output-path">output path</link> is the store + derivation that built it.</para></glossdef> </glossentry> |