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| author | Matthew Bauer <mjbauer95@gmail.com> | 2019-03-25 22:16:47 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-03-25 22:16:47 -0400 |
| commit | 38c6c7c8a3f343415b1860848b7297b738818d36 (patch) | |
| tree | 29499a407a706cae883726379f17166e05b0efbd /nixos | |
| parent | d468f4b27e32b0fbff10d999bb50a7a5b1c86721 (diff) | |
| parent | 0258cff88787ac33121b7e36fef6eebde638f4da (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #57617 from aaronjanse/patch-20190313a
nixos/manual: clarify declarative packages section
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/configuration/declarative-packages.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/declarative-packages.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/declarative-packages.xml index be9884fe9dce..c9acbefea60e 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/declarative-packages.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/declarative-packages.xml @@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ nixos.firefox firefox-23.0 Mozilla Firefox - the browser, reloaded <replaceable>...</replaceable> </screen> The first column in the output is the <emphasis>attribute name</emphasis>, - such as <literal>nixos.thunderbird</literal>. (The <literal>nixos</literal> - prefix allows distinguishing between different channels that you might have.) + such as <literal>nixos.thunderbird</literal>. + </para> + <para> + Note: the <literal>nixos</literal> prefix tells us that we want to get the + package from the <literal>nixos</literal> channel and works only in CLI tools. + + In declarative configuration use <literal>pkgs</literal> prefix (variable). </para> <para> |