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authorDomen Kožar <domen@dev.si>2015-12-09 17:00:33 +0100
committerDomen Kožar <domen@dev.si>2015-12-09 17:01:46 +0100
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allow{reason}: a bit more explicit error message
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/stdenv')
-rw-r--r--pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index 8e6bf2be63f6..2fb1f8b39ae4 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -126,10 +126,11 @@ let
         throw ("Package ‘${attrs.name or "«name-missing»"}’ in ${pos''} ${errormsg}, refusing to evaluate."
         + (lib.strings.optionalString (reason != "blacklisted") ''
 
-          For `nixos-rebuild` you can set
+          a) For `nixos-rebuild` you can set
             { nixpkgs.config.allow${up reason} = true; }
           in configuration.nix to override this.
-          For `nix-env` you can add
+
+          b) For `nix-env`, `nix-build` or any other Nix command you can add
             { allow${up reason} = true; }
           to ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix.
         ''));