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Rename to "content-address*ing* derivation"

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"content-address*ed*" derivation is misleading because all derivations
are *themselves* content-addressed. What may or may not be
content-addressed is not derivation itself, but the *output* of the
derivation.

The outputs are not *part* of the derivation (for then the derivation
wouldn't be complete before we built it) but rather separate entities
produced by the derivation.

"content-adddress*ed*" is not correctly because it can only describe
what the derivation *is*, and that is not what we are trying to do.

"content-address*ing*" is correct because it describes what the
derivation *does* --- it produces content-addressed data.
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John Ericson 2025-02-10 01:12:56 -05:00
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@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ type OutputPath = {
type DerivingPath = ConstantPath | OutputPath;
```
Deriving paths are necessary because, in general and particularly for [content-addressed derivations][content-addressed derivation], the [store path] of an [output] is not known in advance.
Deriving paths are necessary because, in general and particularly for [content-addressing derivations][content-addressing derivation], the [store path] of an [output] is not known in advance.
We can use an output deriving path to refer to such an out, instead of the store path which we do not yet know.
[deriving path]: #deriving-path
@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Nix can schedule builds such that it automatically builds on other platforms by
[`system` configuration option]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-system
[content-addressed derivation]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-content-addressed-derivation
[content-addressing derivation]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-content-addressing-derivation
[realise]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-realise
[store object]: @docroot@/store/store-object.md
[store path]: @docroot@/store/store-path.md