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Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/stdenv.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/stdenv.xml b/doc/stdenv.xml index dac53bc2b800..a097762130a5 100644 --- a/doc/stdenv.xml +++ b/doc/stdenv.xml @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - <chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="chap-stdenv"> @@ -188,11 +187,13 @@ genericBuild <varlistentry> <term><varname>NIX_DEBUG</varname></term> - <listitem><para>If set, <literal>stdenv</literal> will print some - debug information during the build. In particular, the - <command>gcc</command> and <command>ld</command> wrapper scripts - will print out the complete command line passed to the wrapped - tools.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + A natural number indicating how much information to log. + If set to 1 or higher, <literal>stdenv</literal> will print moderate debug information during the build. + In particular, the <command>gcc</command> and <command>ld</command> wrapper scripts will print out the complete command line passed to the wrapped tools. + If set to 6 or higher, the <literal>stdenv</literal> setup script will be run with <literal>set -x</literal> tracing. + If set to 7 or higher, the <command>gcc</command> and <command>ld</command> wrapper scripts will also be run with <literal>set -x</literal> tracing. + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |