From 75ec68f93ac98956552c06a7fdf4dc8da6841a65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Kalinkin Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:55:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] manual: mention the "channel:" shorthand for NIX_PATH Bumped to 15.09 because older channels, when downloaded from nixos.org, require firefox to be accessed via `pkgs.firefox` --- doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml index 361d3e2b0..c532ffdde 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml @@ -52,10 +52,15 @@ nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch:/etc/nixos NIX_PATH to -nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz +nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-15.09.tar.gz tells Nix to download the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS - 14.12 channel. + 15.09 channel. + + A following shorthand can be used to refer to the official channels: + + nixpkgs=channel:nixos-15.09 + The search path can be extended using the option, which takes precedence over