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diff --git a/doc/introduction.xml b/doc/introduction.xml index f1f15995909d..bdc035bbaf75 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.xml +++ b/doc/introduction.xml @@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ <title>Introduction</title> -<para>Bla</para> +<para>This manual tells you how to write packages for the Nix Packages +collection (Nixpkgs). Thus it’s for packagers and developers who want +to add packages to Nixpkgs. End users are kindly referred to the +<link xlink:href="http://nixos.org/releases/nix/unstable/manual/">Nix +manual</link>.</para> -</chapter> \ No newline at end of file +<para>This manual does not describe the syntax and semantics of the +Nix expression language, which are given in the Nix manual in the +<link +xlink:href="http://nixos.org/releases/nix/unstable/manual/#chap-writing-nix-expressions">chapter +on writing Nix expressions</link>. It only describes the facilities +provided by Nixpkgs to make writing packages easier, such as the +standard build environment (<literal>stdenv</literal>).</para> + +</chapter> |