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| author | Dmitry Kalinkin <dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com> | 2018-03-12 18:55:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Dmitry Kalinkin <dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com> | 2019-03-30 21:39:06 -0400 |
| commit | ed14571181151407c75c0c36c476bac23a06840a (patch) | |
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manual: mention symlinkJoin in multiple-outputs section
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diff --git a/doc/multiple-output.xml b/doc/multiple-output.xml index 040c12c9291..f9003786d38 100644 --- a/doc/multiple-output.xml +++ b/doc/multiple-output.xml @@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ contain <varname>$outputBin</varname> and <varname>$outputLib</varname> are also added. (See <xref linkend="multiple-output-file-type-groups" />.) </para> + + <para> + In some cases it may be desirable to combine different outputs under a + single store path. A function <literal>symlinkJoin</literal> can be used to + do this. (Note that it may negate some closure size benefits of using a + multiple-output package.) + </para> </section> <section> <title>Writing a split derivation</title> |