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Clarify that not all nix packages will use the default build phases

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John Chapman 2021-10-09 12:03:34 +11:00
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doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-shell.md
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@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ $ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan
[nix-shell]$ ./pan/gui/pan [nix-shell]$ ./pan/gui/pan
``` ```
Note: Other packages may override these phases (the unpackPhase,
configurePhase, buildPhase, etc).
For those, it may be required to do something like
`eval "$configurePhase-configurePhase"` or `eval "$configurePhase"`
depending on how that package's nix files have been written.
To clear the environment first, and do some additional automatic To clear the environment first, and do some additional automatic
initialisation of the interactive shell: initialisation of the interactive shell: