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| author | Erik Arvstedt <erik.arvstedt@gmail.com> | 2020-03-01 17:06:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2020-03-07 14:25:00 +0100 |
| commit | efbe1383e64585ebc0303f4703e7e582aaf6b933 (patch) | |
| tree | 619bb447d636c4e6b8f4cdbbd815ee4bbc5a2d69 /doc/installation.xml | |
| parent | c7b43786ad5740f8ae054cb97d3493c585920031 (diff) | |
nixos integration: add option 'useGlobalPkgs'
PR #1059
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/installation.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/installation.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/installation.xml b/doc/installation.xml index 52119886800..9c5d24b3d92 100644 --- a/doc/installation.xml +++ b/doc/installation.xml @@ -225,6 +225,23 @@ home-manager.useUserPackages = true; become the default value in the future. </para> </note> + + <note> + <para> + By default, Home Manager uses a private <literal>pkgs</literal> instance + that is configured via the <option>home-manager.users.<name>.nixpkgs</option> options. + To instead use the global <literal>pkgs</literal> that is configured via + the system level <option>nixpkgs</option> options, set + </para> +<programlisting language="nix"> +home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true; +</programlisting> + <para> + This saves an extra Nixpkgs evaluation, adds consistency, and removes the + dependency on <envar>NIX_PATH</envar>, which is otherwise used for + importing Nixpkgs. + </para> + </note> </section> <section xml:id="sec-install-nix-darwin-module"> <title>nix-darwin module</title> |