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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 431c0e6d3570..1865bb37c860 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -254,6 +254,25 @@ false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-extra-platforms"><term><literal>extra-platforms</literal></term> + + <listitem><para>Platforms other than the native one which + this machine is capable of building for. This can be useful for + supporting additional architectures on compatible machines: + i686-linux can be built on x86_64-linux machines (and the default + for this setting reflects this); armv7 is backwards-compatible with + armv6 and armv5tel; some aarch64 machines can also natively run + 32-bit ARM code; and qemu-user may be used to support non-native + platforms (though this may be slow and buggy). Most values for this + are not enabled by default because build systems will often + misdetect the target platform and generate incompatible code, so you + may wish to cross-check the results of using this option against + proper natively-built versions of your + derivations.</para></listitem> + + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-extra-substituters"><term><literal>extra-substituters</literal></term> <listitem><para>Additional binary caches appended to those |