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diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/nix-env.xml index 9af8c0c022dc..a0ec489fd9e5 100644 --- a/doc/manual/nix-env.xml +++ b/doc/manual/nix-env.xml @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ <refsection><title>Description</title> <para>The command <command>nix-env</command> is used to manipulate Nix -user environments. User environments are sets of software components +user environments. User environments are sets of software packages available to a user at some point in time. In other words, they are a synthesised view of the programs available in the Nix store. There may be many user environments: different users can have different @@ -750,35 +750,35 @@ user environment elements, etc. --> <listitem><para>Compare installed versions to available versions, or vice versa (if <option>--available</option> is given). This is useful for quickly seeing whether upgrades for installed - components are available in a Nix expression. A column is added + packages are available in a Nix expression. A column is added with the following meaning: <variablelist> <varlistentry><term><literal><</literal> <replaceable>version</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>A newer version of the component is available + <listitem><para>A newer version of the package is available or installed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><literal>=</literal> <replaceable>version</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>At most the same version of the component is + <listitem><para>At most the same version of the package is available or installed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><literal>></literal> <replaceable>version</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Only older versions of the component are + <listitem><para>Only older versions of the package are available or installed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><literal>- ?</literal></term> - <listitem><para>No version of the component is available or + <listitem><para>No version of the package is available or installed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |