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authorVladimír Čunát <vcunat@gmail.com>2017-02-03 11:47:38 +0100
committerVladimír Čunát <vcunat@gmail.com>2017-02-03 11:47:38 +0100
commitadab4cd58b06896be6436f93a76432811deb897e (patch)
treed4dec437b37d500a136f35ead5290ba15c338ee3 /doc
parent787c1add0ba40ba8094b0ed4001de10c7d05c033 (diff)
parent5b759293e09a062373d4b2843c5bad89d5a47165 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into staging
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/configuration.xml6
-rw-r--r--doc/functions.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.md8
-rw-r--r--doc/languages-frameworks/python.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/overlays.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/package-notes.xml2
6 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/configuration.xml b/doc/configuration.xml
index caff1e510cdd..12e3b8ae851a 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.xml
+++ b/doc/configuration.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xml:id="chap-packageconfig">
-<title><filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>: global configuration</title>
+<title>Global configuration</title>
<para>Nix packages can be configured to allow or deny certain options.</para>
<para>To apply the configuration edit
-<filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename> and set it like
+<filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename> and set it like
<programlisting>
{
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ packages via <literal>packageOverrides</literal></title>
<para>You can define a function called
<varname>packageOverrides</varname> in your local
-<filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename> to overide nix packages. It
+<filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename> to overide nix packages. It
must be a function that takes pkgs as an argument and return modified
set of packages.
diff --git a/doc/functions.xml b/doc/functions.xml
index 6374c15ddf2b..5c654ffb9562 100644
--- a/doc/functions.xml
+++ b/doc/functions.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
evaluation-per-function application incurs a performance penalty,
which can become a problem if many overrides are used.
It is only intended for ad-hoc customisation, such as in
- <filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>.
+ <filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>.
</para>
</warning>
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.md
index 34b53ded3791..6d8984821741 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.md
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ its normal core packages:
mtl-2.2.1
This function allows users to define their own development environment by means
-of an override. After adding the following snippet to `~/.nixpkgs/config.nix`,
+of an override. After adding the following snippet to `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix`,
{
packageOverrides = super: let self = super.pkgs; in
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ file with `cabal2nix`:
$ cd ~/src/foo && cabal2nix . >default.nix
$ cd ~/src/bar && cabal2nix . >default.nix
-Then edit your `~/.nixpkgs/config.nix` file to register those builds in the
+Then edit your `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix` file to register those builds in the
default Haskell package set:
{
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ Every Haskell package set takes a function called `overrides` that you can use
to manipulate the package as much as you please. One useful application of this
feature is to replace the default `mkDerivation` function with one that enables
library profiling for all packages. To accomplish that, add configure the
-following snippet in your `~/.nixpkgs/config.nix` file:
+following snippet in your `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix` file:
{
packageOverrides = super: let self = super.pkgs; in
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ The first step is to generate Nix build instructions with `cabal2nix`:
$ cabal2nix cabal://ghc-events-0.4.3.0 >~/.nixpkgs/ghc-events-0.4.3.0.nix
-Then add the override in `~/.nixpkgs/config.nix`:
+Then add the override in `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix`:
{
packageOverrides = super: let self = super.pkgs; in
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
index 3f5d500620bb..83d47b6f43a7 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ If you get the following error:
could not create '/nix/store/6l1bvljpy8gazlsw2aw9skwwp4pmvyxw-python-2.7.8/etc':
Permission denied
-This is a [known bug](https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/130/install_data-doesnt-respect-prefix) in setuptools.
+This is a [known bug](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/130) in setuptools.
Setuptools `install_data` does not respect `--prefix`. An example of such package using the feature is `pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix`.
As workaround install it as an extra `preInstall` step:
diff --git a/doc/overlays.xml b/doc/overlays.xml
index cb54c33cf65f..540c83e0a39b 100644
--- a/doc/overlays.xml
+++ b/doc/overlays.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ first one present is considered, and all the rest are ignored:
<listitem>
- <para>In the directory pointed by the environment variable
- <varname>NIXPKGS_OVERLAYS</varname>.</para>
+ <para>In the directory pointed to by the Nix search path entry
+ <literal>&lt;nixpkgs-overlays></literal>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
diff --git a/doc/package-notes.xml b/doc/package-notes.xml
index 0ba7ec4c44d4..0f148f5c898a 100644
--- a/doc/package-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/package-notes.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ packageOverrides = pkgs: {
</screen>
to your Nixpkgs configuration
- (<filename>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>) and install it by
+ (<filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>) and install it by
running <command>nix-env -f '&lt;nixpkgs&gt;' -iA
myEclipse</command> and afterward run Eclipse as usual. It is
possible to find out which plugins are available for installation