From 75a231147f2d6acd32321e088a5030a69f188854 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:43:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] be more precise about `system` semantics --- doc/manual/src/language/derivations.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/derivations.md b/doc/manual/src/language/derivations.md index da3cca4ad..c13c81e7d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/language/derivations.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/language/derivations.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ It outputs an attribute set, and produces a [store derivation](@docroot@/glossar The system type on which the [`builder`](#attr-builder) executable is meant to be run. - Nix will only build derivations where the `system` attribute matches the current [`system` configuration option]. + A necessary condition for Nix to build derivations locally is that the `system` attribute matches the current [`system` configuration option]. It can automatically [build on other platforms](../advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md) by forwarding build requests to other machines. Examples: