@NobbZ to the rescue from chat - thanks again!
NobbZ:
$ nix build nix/2.10.2\#nix^doc $ ll result-doc/share/doc/nix/manual/ | head Permissions Links Size User Group Date Modified Name dr-xr-xr-x 13 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 ./ dr-xr-xr-x 3 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 ../ dr-xr-xr-x 2 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 advanced-topics/ dr-xr-xr-x 3 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 command-ref/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 contributing/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 css/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 expressions/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 figures/ dr-xr-xr-x 4 - root root 1970-01-01 01:00 FontAwesome/I built from the tag to leverage the cache, as it is a multi-output derivation, building the manual also requires building nix
toraritte:
Thank you! Will give it a try as soon as I can. As for the args
nix/2.10.2\#nix^doc- where can I read about this syntax?2.10.2is the git tag, but the rest is a bit of a mystery.NobbZ:
The Nix manual’s “7.5.1.” section (Installables) covers parts of it. The caret (
^) is only mentioned in a recent release note though
It’s the 2.9 release that introduced it: Nix 2.9.0 released