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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 4f7393e2e7f3..0a97719ef068 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -483,8 +483,10 @@ builtins.fetchurl { <varlistentry xml:id="conf-max-free"><term><literal>max-free</literal></term> - <listitem><para>This option defines after how many free bytes to stop collecting - garbage once the <literal>min-free</literal> condition gets triggered.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>When a garbage collection is triggered by the + <literal>min-free</literal> option, it stops as soon as + <literal>max-free</literal> bytes are available. The default is + infinity (i.e. delete all garbage).</para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -528,9 +530,11 @@ builtins.fetchurl { <varlistentry xml:id="conf-min-free"><term><literal>min-free</literal></term> <listitem> - <para>When the disk reaches <literal>min-free</literal> bytes of free disk space during a build, nix - will start to garbage-collection until <literal>max-free</literal> bytes are available on the disk. - A value of <literal>0</literal> (the default) means that this feature is disabled.</para> + <para>When free disk space in <filename>/nix/store</filename> + drops below <literal>min-free</literal> during a build, Nix + performs a garbage-collection until <literal>max-free</literal> + bytes are available or there is no more garbage. A value of + <literal>0</literal> (the default) disables this feature.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |