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194ba8a02f docs: guide to installables docs in installable commands' docs
The installables syntax is not documented in any of the man pages or
docbook pages for any of those individual commands. And while these
commands really should at least peripherally individually document how
installables work, in the meantime we can at least direct people to the
right place.

This commit also clarifies the unexpected fact that `nix profile remove`
and `nix profile upgrade` do *not* take installables.

Change-Id: I3b1453cb197a613bbab639c66a466365c3592c6d
2024-04-29 08:06:05 -06:00
185ecf1f45 Improve new CLI UX by supporting short -E flag for --expr
Change-Id: I55881c846da8416a92a14deedfa5bbbf09a122fb
2024-03-24 21:17:51 -06:00
Alexander Schmolck
afd9bd787d Also use long options in src/nix/*.md 2023-05-17 08:10:30 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
2af9fd20c6 clarify definition of "installable"
the term was hard to discover, as its definition and explanation were in
a very long document lacking an overview section.
search did not help because it occurs so often.

- clarify wording in the definition
- add an overview of installable types
- add "installable" to glossary
- link to definition from occurrences of the term
- be more precise about where store derivation outputs are processed
- installable Nix expressions must evaluate to a derivation

Co-authored-by: Adam Joseph <54836058+amjoseph-nixpkgs@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-03-05 01:46:17 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
a407d14339
Add 'nix eval' manpage 2020-12-21 13:32:28 +01:00