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Commits on Mar 14, 2019

  1. nixos/manual: clarify declarative packages section

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  1. nixos/manual: reword note in declarative packages section

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  1. Merge pull request #57617 from aaronjanse/patch-20190313a 

    nixos/manual: clarify declarative packages section
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The first column in the output is the <emphasis>attribute name</emphasis>,
such as <literal>nixos.thunderbird</literal>. (The <literal>nixos</literal>
prefix allows distinguishing between different channels that you might have.)
such as <literal>nixos.thunderbird</literal>.
</para>
<para>
Note: the <literal>nixos</literal> prefix tells us that we want to get the
package from the <literal>nixos</literal> channel and works only in CLI tools.

In declarative configuration use <literal>pkgs</literal> prefix (variable).
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