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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-04-14T16·38+0200 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-04-14T16·38+0200 |
| commit | e855c7e2c9a9a5cbe4406c1f9351181a9ebe6283 (patch) | |
| tree | 1de5115d72e5ec55080a831297058dd0eb49b3be /doc/manual/nix-store.xml | |
| parent | 969a14599d2f7bfd02971475b5b2be49fb965117 (diff) | |
nix-channel improvements
"nix-channel --add" now accepts a second argument: the channel name. This allows channels to have a nicer name than (say) nixpkgs_unstable. If no name is given, it defaults to the last component of the URL (with "-unstable" or "-stable" removed). Also, channels are now stored in a profile (/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/channels). One advantage of this is that it allows rollbacks (e.g. if "nix-channel --update" gives an undesirable update).
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/nix-store.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/nix-store.xml index 6a4ca3f717ff..6cc765bf27ca 100644 --- a/doc/manual/nix-store.xml +++ b/doc/manual/nix-store.xml @@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ options.</phrase></para> <listitem><para>Causes the result of a realisation (<option>--realise</option> and <option>--force-realise</option>) - to be registered as a root of the garbage collector (see <xref - linkend="ssec-gc-roots" />). The root is stored in + to be registered as a root of the garbage collector<phrase + condition="manual"> (see <xref linkend="ssec-gc-roots" + />)</phrase>. The root is stored in <replaceable>path</replaceable>, which must be inside a directory that is scanned for roots by the garbage collector (i.e., typically in a subdirectory of |