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diff --git a/nix.conf.example b/nix.conf.example index 97c6f4b15c05..13b4cfa3d99b 100644 --- a/nix.conf.example +++ b/nix.conf.example @@ -97,3 +97,23 @@ # Example: # build-users = nix-builder-1 nix-builder-2 nix-builder-3 #build-users = + + +### Option `system' +# +# This option specifies the canonical Nix system name of the current +# installation, such as `i686-linux' or `powerpc-darwin'. Nix can +# only build derivations whose `system' 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 `powerpc-darwin' and `i686-darwin'. +# +# It defaults to the canonical Nix system name detected by `configure' +# at build time. +# +# Example: +# system = i686-darwin +#system = |