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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-10-03T19·53-0400
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-10-03T19·53-0400
commit9c41c66c5b877dbb529f6147b28384a57a591895 (patch)
tree5c0981b91e6e0c3be385a978c2a3bbedad994c1e /doc/manual/release-notes.xml
parent2bbc4a214ee998816921cefb2d69f30d5f277d12 (diff)
Document ‘--repair’
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   <listitem>
     <para>The new operation <command>nix-store --repair-path</command>
-    allows corrupted or deleted store paths to be repaired by
-    redownloading them.</para>
+    allows corrupted or missing store paths to be repaired by
+    redownloading them.  <command>nix-store --verify --check-contents
+    --repair</command> will scan and repair all paths in the Nix
+    store.  Similarly, <command>nix-env</command>,
+    <command>nix-build</command>, <command>nix-instantiate</command>
+    and <command>nix-store --realise</command> have a
+    <option>--repair</option> flag to detect and fix bad paths by
+    rebuilding or redownloading them.</para>
   </listitem>
 
   <listitem>