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| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix index dc0175632174..ff3c844030b6 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix @@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ in }; description = '' - Activate the new configuration (i.e., update /etc, make accounts, - and so on). + A set of shell script fragments that are executed when a NixOS + system configuration is activated. Examples are updating + /etc, creating accounts, and so on. Since these are executed + every time you boot the system or run + <command>nixos-rebuild</command>, it's important that they are + idempotent and fast. ''; merge = mergeTypedOption "script" builtins.isAttrs (fold mergeAttrs {}); |