From 4b0a720ddf05ba03c7ea94dc38bd5ec0ab1285dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gergely Risko Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:46:28 +0200 Subject: Document the "out" usage in allowedReferences --- doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml index 6db2adcfa0c3..0470625ff6d3 100644 --- a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml +++ b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml @@ -1561,10 +1561,11 @@ allowedReferences = []; enforces that the output of a derivation cannot have any runtime - dependencies on its inputs. This is used in NixOS to check that - generated files such as initial ramdisks for booting Linux don’t - have accidental dependencies on other paths in the Nix - store. + dependencies on its inputs. To allow an output to have a runtime + dependency on itself, use "out" as a list item. + This is used in NixOS to check that generated files such as + initial ramdisks for booting Linux don’t have accidental + dependencies on other paths in the Nix store. -- cgit 1.4.1