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Eelco Dolstra 2015-06-01 15:14:44 +02:00
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doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
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@ -36,8 +36,20 @@ nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch:/etc/nixos</screen>
<literal>&lt;nixpkgs/<replaceable>path</replaceable>></literal> in
<filename>/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch/<replaceable>path</replaceable></filename>
and
<filename>/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/<replaceable>path</replaceable></filename>.
</para>
<filename>/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/<replaceable>path</replaceable></filename>.</para>
<para>If a path in the Nix search path starts with
<literal>http://</literal> or <literal>https://</literal>, it is
interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and
unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must consist of a
single top-level directory. For example, setting
<envar>NIX_PATH</envar> to
<screen>
nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz</screen>
tells Nix to download the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS
14.12 channel.</para>
<para>The search path can be extended using the <option
linkend="opt-I">-I</option> option, which takes precedence over