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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/nix-build.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/nix-build.xml | 30 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-build.xml b/doc/manual/nix-build.xml index 23c0b23041c6..465635f67125 100644 --- a/doc/manual/nix-build.xml +++ b/doc/manual/nix-build.xml @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ </group> <replaceable>attrPath</replaceable> </arg> - <arg><option>--add-drv-link</option></arg> <arg><option>--drv-link </option><replaceable>drvlink</replaceable></arg> + <arg><option>--add-drv-link</option></arg> <arg><option>--no-out-link</option></arg> <arg> <group choice='req'> @@ -83,24 +83,23 @@ except for <option>--arg</option> and <option>--attr</option> / <variablelist> - <varlistentry><term><option>--add-drv-link</option></term> + <varlistentry><term><option>--drv-link</option> <replaceable>drvlink</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Add a symlink in the current directory to the - store derivation produced by <command>nix-instantiate</command>. - The symlink is called <filename>derivation</filename> (which is - numbered in the case of multiple derivations). The derivation is + <listitem><para>Add a symlink named + <replaceable>drvlink</replaceable> to the store derivation + produced by <command>nix-instantiate</command>. The derivation is a root of the garbage collector until the symlink is deleted or - renamed.</para></listitem> - + renamed. If there are multiple derivations, numbers are suffixed + to <replaceable>drvlink</replaceable> to distinguish between + them.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><option>--drv-link</option> <replaceable>drvlink</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term><option>--add-drv-link</option></term> - <listitem><para>Change the name of the symlink to the derivation - created when <option>--add-drv-link</option> is used from - <filename>derivation</filename> to - <replaceable>drvlink</replaceable>.</para></listitem> - + <listitem><para>Shorthand for <option>--drv-link</option> + <filename>./derivation</filename>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>--no-out-link</option></term> @@ -116,8 +115,7 @@ except for <option>--arg</option> and <option>--attr</option> / <option>-o</option> <replaceable>outlink</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Change the name of the symlink to the output path - created unless <option>--no-out-link</option> is used from - <filename>result</filename> to + created from <filename>result</filename> to <replaceable>outlink</replaceable>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |