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Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/modules')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix index e8bbeac4f72..222da3e02e8 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix @@ -116,8 +116,14 @@ in extraOutputsToInstall = mkOption { type = types.listOf types.str; default = [ ]; - example = [ "doc" "info" "devdoc" ]; - description = lib.mdDoc "List of additional package outputs to be symlinked into {file}`/run/current-system/sw`."; + example = [ "dev" "info" ]; + description = lib.mdDoc '' + Entries listed here will be appended to the `meta.outputsToInstall` attribute for each package in `environment.systemPackages`, and the files from the corresponding derivation outputs symlinked into {file}`/run/current-system/sw`. + + For example, this can be used to install the `dev` and `info` outputs for all packages in the system environment, if they are available. + + To use specific outputs instead of configuring them globally, select the corresponding attribute on the package derivation, e.g. `libxml2.dev` or `coreutils.info`. + ''; }; extraSetup = mkOption { |