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Linus Heckemann 2016-12-11 17:13:37 +00:00
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doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
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@ -167,7 +167,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
user's home directory. e.g. <filename>~/foo</filename> would be
equivalent to <filename>/home/edolstra/foo</filename> for a user
whose home directory is <filename>/home/edolstra</filename>.
</para></listitem>
</para>
<para>Paths can also be specified between angle brackets, e.g.
<literal>&lt;nixpkgs&gt;</literal>. This means that the directories
listed in the environment variable
<envar linkend="env-NIX_PATH">NIX_PATH</envar> will be searched
for the given file or directory name.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Booleans</emphasis> with values
<literal>true</literal> and