mention extra-platforms

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Valentin Gagarin 2023-07-19 10:33:41 +02:00
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this, SYSTEM, "system",
R"(
The system type of the current Nix installation.
Nix will only build [derivations](@docroot@/language/derivations.md) whose `system` attribute equals the value specified here.
Nix will only build a given [derivation](@docroot@/language/derivations.md) locally when its `system` attribute equals the value specified here or in [`extra-platforms`](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.html#conf-extra-platforms).
The default value is set when Nix itself is compiled for the system it will run on.
The following system types are widely used, as [Nix is actively supported on these platforms](@docroot@/contributing/hacking.md#platforms):