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| author | Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> | 2015-01-25 14:26:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Domen Kožar <domen@dev.si> | 2015-01-25 21:19:07 +0100 |
| commit | f6b1d828368ea2918e31006688a1cb20f00a347b (patch) | |
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| parent | 9bb80ffa2c1b944ac2fd126ed7de4f2e8a97cf62 (diff) | |
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Add paragraph about Nix vs. NixOS
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diff --git a/doc/packageconfig.xml b/doc/packageconfig.xml index aaeaff69f4a..2b4038bc24d 100644 --- a/doc/packageconfig.xml +++ b/doc/packageconfig.xml @@ -60,4 +60,26 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> + <para> + To apply the configuration to the package manager, you have to emit the + <programlisting> + nixpkgs.config + </programlisting> + part from the upper listings. So a configuration with + <programlisting> + { + allowUnfree = true; + } + </programlisting> + in + <programlisting> + ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix + </programlisting> + will prevent the Nix package manager from installing unfree licensed + packages. + + The configuration as listed applies for NixOS. + </para> + + </chapter> |