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These symbols confused me so I wanted to gloss them to help future users. You can see the context here: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/flakes-what-does-mean-big-bundle-of-questions
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the store object at `P` contains the path `Q` somewhere. The
*references* of a store path are the set of store paths to which it
has a reference.
A derivation can reference other derivations and sources (but not
output paths), whereas an output path only references other output
paths.
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is necessary to deploy whole closures, since otherwise at runtime
files could be missing. The command `nix-store -qR` prints out
closures of store paths.
As an example, if the store object at path `P` contains a reference
to path `Q`, then `Q` is in the closure of `P`. Further, if `Q`
references `R` then `R` is also in the closure of `P`.
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store. It can contain regular files, directories and symbolic
links. NARs are generated and unpacked using `nix-store --dump`
and `nix-store --restore`.
- `∅` \
The empty set symbol. In the context of package history, this denotes a package was not present prior to installation.
- `ε` \
The epsilon symbol. In the context of a package, this means the version is empty. More precisely, the derivation does not have a version attribute.