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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml | 2 |
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml index 1f8d98f5d8fe..f8583700393c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml +++ b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ forward Nix builds to other machines over the network. This allows multiple builds to be performed in parallel (thus improving performance) and allows Nix to perform multi-platform builds in a semi-transparent way. For instance, if you perform a build for a -<literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> on an <literal>i686-linux</literal> +<literal>x86_64-darwin</literal> on an <literal>i686-linux</literal> machine, Nix can automatically forward the build to a -<literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> machine, if available.</para> +<literal>x86_64-darwin</literal> machine, if available.</para> <para>You can enable distributed builds by setting the environment variable <envar>NIX_BUILD_HOOK</envar> to point to a program that Nix @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ variable</link>.</para> <example xml:id='ex-remote-systems'><title>Remote machine configuration: <filename>remote-systems.conf</filename></title> <programlisting> -nix@mcflurry.labs.cs.uu.nl powerpc-darwin /home/nix/.ssh/id_quarterpounder_auto 2 +nix@mcflurry.labs.cs.uu.nl x86_64-darwin /home/nix/.ssh/id_quarterpounder_auto 2 nix@scratchy.labs.cs.uu.nl i686-linux /home/nix/.ssh/id_scratchy_auto 8 1 kvm nix@itchy.labs.cs.uu.nl i686-linux /home/nix/.ssh/id_scratchy_auto 8 2 nix@poochie.labs.cs.uu.nl i686-linux /home/nix/.ssh/id_scratchy_auto 8 2 kvm perf @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ bits of information: <filename>~/.ssh/config</filename>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>A comma-separated list of Nix platform type - identifiers, such as <literal>powerpc-darwin</literal>. It is + identifiers, such as <literal>x86_64-darwin</literal>. It is possible for a machine to support multiple platform types, e.g., <literal>i686-linux,x86_64-linux</literal>.</para></listitem> diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 4c8f3d9d3809..fb7bdf573397 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -430,15 +430,15 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para> <listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system name of the current installation, such as <literal>i686-linux</literal> or - <literal>powerpc-darwin</literal>. Nix can only build derivations + <literal>x86_64-darwin</literal>. Nix can only build derivations whose <literal>system</literal> attribute equals the value specified here. In general, it never makes sense to modify this value from its default, since you can use it to ‘lie’ about the platform you are building on (e.g., perform a Mac OS build on a Linux machine; the result would obviously be wrong). It only makes sense if the Nix binaries can run on multiple platforms, - e.g., ‘universal binaries’ that run on <literal>powerpc-darwin</literal> and - <literal>i686-darwin</literal>.</para> + e.g., ‘universal binaries’ that run on <literal>x86_64-linux</literal> and + <literal>i686-linux</literal>.</para> <para>It defaults to the canonical Nix system name detected by <filename>configure</filename> at build time.</para></listitem> diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml index eae5f5a029bf..5fd93c831ed6 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> evaluates to the Nix platform identifier for the Nix installation on which the expression is being evaluated, such as <literal>"i686-linux"</literal> or - <literal>"powerpc-darwin"</literal>.</para></listitem> + <literal>"x86_64-darwin"</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml index f2a73dccfe18..5efe2213e370 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ of which specify the inputs of the build.</para> <listitem xml:id="attr-system"><para>There must be an attribute named <varname>system</varname> whose value must be a string specifying a Nix platform identifier, such as <literal>"i686-linux"</literal> or - <literal>"powerpc-darwin"</literal><footnote><para>To figure out + <literal>"x86_64-darwin"</literal><footnote><para>To figure out your platform identifier, look at the line <quote>Checking for the canonical Nix system name</quote> in the output of Nix's <filename>configure</filename> script.</para></footnote> The build |