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diff --git a/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml b/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml index e45a32d21c8e..0346934b0796 100644 --- a/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml +++ b/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml @@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ package won’t be built or downloaded a second time. At the same time, it is not possible for one user to inject a Trojan horse into a package that might be used by another user.</para> -<!-- -<para>More details can be found in Section 3 of our <a -href="docs/papers.html#securesharing">ASE 2005 paper</a>.</para> ---> - </simplesect> @@ -198,33 +193,10 @@ collection</emphasis> (Nixpkgs).</para> </simplesect> -<simplesect><title>Service deployment</title> - -<para>Nix can be used not only for rolling out packages, but also -complete <emphasis>configurations</emphasis> of services. This is -done by treating all the static bits of a service (such as software -packages, configuration files, control scripts, static web pages, -etc.) as “packages” that can be built by Nix expressions. As a -result, all the features above apply to services as well: for -instance, you can roll back a web server configuration if a -configuration change turns out to be undesirable, you can easily have -multiple instances of a service (e.g., a test and production server), -and because the whole service is built in a purely functional way from -a Nix expression, it is repeatable so you can easily reproduce the -service on another machine.</para> - -<!-- -<para>You can read more about this in our <a -href="docs/papers.html#servicecm">SCM-12 paper</a>.</para> ---> - -</simplesect> - - <simplesect><title>Portability</title> <para>Nix should run on most Unix systems, including Linux and Mac OS -X. +X.</para> </simplesect> |