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authorNicolas Dudebout <nicolas.dudebout@gmail.com>2020-01-01 13:53:39 -0500
committerNicolas Dudebout <nicolas.dudebout@gmail.com>2020-09-05 05:31:54 -0400
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document nix-env bug relating to multiple output installation
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
index a11b280b047e..7fb63acc31da 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
@@ -287,8 +287,12 @@ in rec {
           name = attrs.name or "${attrs.pname}-${attrs.version}";
 
           # If the packager hasn't specified `outputsToInstall`, choose a default,
-          # which is the name of `p.bin or p.out or p`;
-          # if he has specified it, it will be overridden below in `// meta`.
+          # which is the name of `p.bin or p.out or p` along with `p.man` when
+          # present.
+          #
+          # If the packager has specified it, it will be overridden below in
+          # `// meta`.
+          #
           #   Note: This default probably shouldn't be globally configurable.
           #   Services and users should specify outputs explicitly,
           #   unless they are comfortable with this default.