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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-07-25T16·40+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-07-25T16·40+0000
commit0e6dc72a7a4d29b7f1a1458670581a29d573e479 (patch)
treeffca22fee0bb815ffe814f057d53d7d10617eaa0 /src/nix-env/help.txt
parentb11aeb2c4bce28dca0f0b266eff732ea80628aed (diff)
* Applied rbroek's patch from the branch at
  https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/buildfarm-control/trunk/ext/nix/,
  with some modifications.  This allows `nix-env -qa' to show the
  attribute path that can be used to unambiguously install a package
  using `nix-env -i -A'.  Example:

    $ nix-env -f top-level/all-packages.nix -qaA subversion xorg-server
    subversionWithJava  subversion-1.2.3
    subversion          subversion-1.3.2
    subversion14        subversion-1.4.0pre-rc1
    xorg.xorgserver     xorg-server-1.1.0


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@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Query types:
 
   --status / -s: print installed/present status
   --no-name: hide derivation names
+  --attr-path / -A: shows the unambiguous attribute name of the
+      derivation which can be used when installing with -A
   --system: print the platform type of the derivation 
   --compare-versions / -c: compare version to available or installed
   --drv-path: print path of derivation