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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2017-02-01 15:56:02 +0100
committerEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2017-02-01 16:07:54 +0100
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$NIXPKGS_OVERLAYS -> <nixpkgs-overlays>
The Nix search path is the established mechanism for specifying the
location of Nix expressions, so let's use it instead of adding another
environment variable.
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-rw-r--r--doc/overlays.xml4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/overlays.xml b/doc/overlays.xml
index cb54c33cf65f..540c83e0a39b 100644
--- a/doc/overlays.xml
+++ b/doc/overlays.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ first one present is considered, and all the rest are ignored:
 
   <listitem>
 
-    <para>In the directory pointed by the environment variable
-    <varname>NIXPKGS_OVERLAYS</varname>.</para>
+    <para>In the directory pointed to by the Nix search path entry
+    <literal>&lt;nixpkgs-overlays></literal>.</para>
   </listitem>
 
   <listitem>