manual: mention the "channel:" shorthand for NIX_PATH #2744
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Bumped to 15.09 because older channels, when downloaded from nixos.org, require firefox to be accessed via `pkgs.firefox`
grahamc
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Mar 26, 2019
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| <para>A following shorthand can be used to refer to the official channels: | ||
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| <screen>nixpkgs=channel:nixos-15.09</screen> |
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Mind using a more recent channel? :) like nixos-unstable for example.
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But... isn't it more amazing to be able to install firefox from 2015? I think it is.
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This is a small step towards modernizing manual for recent nix. The cool new features should be mentioned not only in the release notes.