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Commits on Oct 8, 2019

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  2. Merge pull request #3126 from PyroLagus/fix-typos

    Fix typos in the Nix Manual.
    edolstra authored Oct 8, 2019

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
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@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ builtins.fetchurl {
<varlistentry xml:id="conf-keep-env-derivations"><term><literal>keep-env-derivations</literal></term>

<listitem><para>If <literal>false</literal> (default), derivations
are not stored in Nix user environments. That is, the derivation
are not stored in Nix user environments. That is, the derivations of
any build-time-only dependencies may be garbage-collected.</para>

<para>If <literal>true</literal>, when you add a Nix derivation to
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
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@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ upgrading `mozilla-1.2' to `mozilla-1.4'</screen>
<literal>gcc-3.3.1</literal> are split into two parts: the package
name (<literal>gcc</literal>), and the version
(<literal>3.3.1</literal>). The version part starts after the first
dash not following by a letter. <varname>x</varname> is considered an
dash not followed by a letter. <varname>x</varname> is considered an
upgrade of <varname>y</varname> if their package names match, and the
version of <varname>y</varname> is higher that that of
<varname>x</varname>.</para>
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ avoided.</para>
<para>If <replaceable>hash</replaceable> is specified, then a download
is not performed if the Nix store already contains a file with the
same hash and base name. Otherwise, the file is downloaded, and an
error if signaled if the actual hash of the file does not match the
error is signaled if the actual hash of the file does not match the
specified hash.</para>

<para>This command prints the hash on standard output. Additionally,
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
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@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>

<listitem><para>Return element <replaceable>n</replaceable> from
the list <replaceable>xs</replaceable>. Elements are counted
starting from 0. A fatal error occurs in the index is out of
starting from 0. A fatal error occurs if the index is out of
bounds.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ in foo</programlisting>
<listitem><para>A set containing <literal>{ __toString = self: ...; }</literal>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>An integer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A list, in which case the string representations of its elements are joined with spaces.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A Boolean (<literal>false</literal> yields <literal>""</literal>, <literal>true</literal> yields <literal>"1"</literal>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A Boolean (<literal>false</literal> yields <literal>""</literal>, <literal>true</literal> yields <literal>"1"</literal>).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><literal>null</literal>, which yields the empty string.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml
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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ use <command>nix-build</command>’s <option
linkend='opt-out-link'>-o</option> switch to give the symlink another
name.</para>

<para>Nix has a transactional semantics. Once a build finishes
<para>Nix has transactional semantics. Once a build finishes
successfully, Nix makes a note of this in its database: it registers
that the path denoted by <envar>out</envar> is now
<quote>valid</quote>. If you try to build the derivation again, Nix