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authorNicolas Dudebout <nicolas.dudebout@gmail.com>2020-01-01 13:53:39 -0500
committerNicolas Dudebout <nicolas.dudebout@gmail.com>2020-09-05 05:31:54 -0400
commit611258f063f9c1443a5f95db3fc1b6f36bbf4b52 (patch)
treef376014c5409b2693dfff07a8999a0fc34422ada /pkgs/stdenv
parent3c974c71cd221cb7a0435613e5208a98341ef4a6 (diff)
document nix-env bug relating to multiple output installation
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/stdenv')
-rw-r--r--pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
index a11b280b047e..7fb63acc31da 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
@@ -287,8 +287,12 @@ in rec {
name = attrs.name or "${attrs.pname}-${attrs.version}";
# If the packager hasn't specified `outputsToInstall`, choose a default,
- # which is the name of `p.bin or p.out or p`;
- # if he has specified it, it will be overridden below in `// meta`.
+ # which is the name of `p.bin or p.out or p` along with `p.man` when
+ # present.
+ #
+ # If the packager has specified it, it will be overridden below in
+ # `// meta`.
+ #
# Note: This default probably shouldn't be globally configurable.
# Services and users should specify outputs explicitly,
# unless they are comfortable with this default.