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15 changes: 11 additions & 4 deletions Makefile
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-include Makefile.config
clean-files += Makefile.config

ifeq ($(ENABLE_BUILD), yes)
makefiles = \
mk/precompiled-headers.mk \
local.mk \
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misc/upstart/local.mk \
doc/manual/local.mk \
doc/internal-api/local.mk
endif

-include Makefile.config

ifeq ($(tests), yes)
ifeq ($(ENABLE_BUILD)_$(ENABLE_TESTS), yes_yes)
UNIT_TEST_ENV = _NIX_TEST_UNIT_DATA=unit-test-data
makefiles += \
src/libutil/tests/local.mk \
src/libstore/tests/local.mk \
src/libexpr/tests/local.mk \
src/libexpr/tests/local.mk
endif

ifeq ($(ENABLE_TESTS), yes)
makefiles += \
tests/functional/local.mk \
tests/functional/ca/local.mk \
tests/functional/dyn-drv/local.mk \
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Makefile.config.in
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storedir = @storedir@
sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
system = @system@
tests = @tests@
ENABLE_BUILD = @ENABLE_BUILD@
ENABLE_TESTS = @ENABLE_TESTS@
internal_api_docs = @internal_api_docs@
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LDFLAGS="-latomic $LDFLAGS"
fi

# Running the functional tests without building Nix is useful for testing
# different pre-built versions of Nix against each other.
AC_ARG_ENABLE(build, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-build],[Do not build nix]),
ENABLE_BUILD=$enableval, ENABLE_BUILD=yes)
AC_SUBST(ENABLE_BUILD)
# Building without tests is useful for bootstrapping with a smaller footprint
# or running the tests in a separate derivation. Otherwise, we do compile and
# run them.
AC_ARG_ENABLE(tests, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-tests],[Do not build the tests]),
tests=$enableval, tests=yes)
AC_SUBST(tests)
ENABLE_TESTS=$enableval, ENABLE_TESTS=yes)
AC_SUBST(ENABLE_TESTS)

# Building without API docs is the default as Nix' C++ interfaces are internal and unstable.
AC_ARG_ENABLE(internal_api_docs, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-internal-api-docs],[Build API docs for Nix's internal unstable C++ interfaces]),
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fi


if test "$tests" = yes; then
if test "$ENABLE_TESTS" = yes; then

# Look for gtest.
PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTEST], [gtest_main])
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"simple-values": "#primitives",
"lists": "#list",
"strings": "#string",
"lists": "#list",
"attribute-sets": "#attribute-set",
},
"installation/installing-binary.html": {
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221 changes: 118 additions & 103 deletions doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
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Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:

- <span id="env-IN_NIX_SHELL">[`IN_NIX_SHELL`](#env-IN_NIX_SHELL)</span>\
Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by
`nix-shell`. It can have the values `pure` or `impure`.

- <span id="env-NIX_PATH">[`NIX_PATH`](#env-NIX_PATH)</span>\
A colon-separated list of directories used to look up the location of Nix
expressions using [paths](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-path)
enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`),
e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the
[`-I` option](@docroot@/command-ref/opt-common.md#opt-I).

If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Nix will fall back to the following list in [impure](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval) and [unrestricted](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval) evaluation mode:

1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels`
2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`
3. `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels`

If `NIX_PATH` is set to an empty string, resolving search paths will always fail.
For example, attempting to use `<nixpkgs>` will produce:

error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path

- <span id="env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE">[`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`](#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE)</span>\
Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not
allowed to contain any symlink components. This is to prevent
“impure” builds. Builders sometimes “canonicalise” paths by
resolving all symlink components. Thus, builds on different machines
(with `/nix/store` resolving to different locations) could yield
different results. This is generally not a problem, except when
builds are deployed to machines where `/nix/store` resolves
differently. If you are sure that you’re not going to do that, you
can set `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE` to `1`.

Note that if you’re symlinking the Nix store so that you can put it
on another file system than the root file system, on Linux you’re
better off using `bind` mount points, e.g.,

```console
$ mkdir /nix
$ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix
```

Consult the mount 8 manual page for details.

- <span id="env-NIX_STORE_DIR">[`NIX_STORE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STORE_DIR)</span>\
Overrides the location of the Nix store (default `prefix/store`).

- <span id="env-NIX_DATA_DIR">[`NIX_DATA_DIR`](#env-NIX_DATA_DIR)</span>\
Overrides the location of the Nix static data directory (default
`prefix/share`).

- <span id="env-NIX_LOG_DIR">[`NIX_LOG_DIR`](#env-NIX_LOG_DIR)</span>\
Overrides the location of the Nix log directory (default
`prefix/var/log/nix`).

- <span id="env-NIX_STATE_DIR">[`NIX_STATE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STATE_DIR)</span>\
Overrides the location of the Nix state directory (default
`prefix/var/nix`).

- <span id="env-NIX_CONF_DIR">[`NIX_CONF_DIR`](#env-NIX_CONF_DIR)</span>\
Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration directory
(default `prefix/etc/nix`).

- <span id="env-NIX_CONFIG">[`NIX_CONFIG`](#env-NIX_CONFIG)</span>\
Applies settings from Nix configuration from the environment.
The content is treated as if it was read from a Nix configuration file.
Settings are separated by the newline character.

- <span id="env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES">[`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES)</span>\
Overrides the location of the Nix user configuration files to load from.

The default are the locations according to the [XDG Base Directory Specification].
See the [XDG Base Directories](#xdg-base-directories) sub-section for details.

The variable is treated as a list separated by the `:` token.

- <span id="env-TMPDIR">[`TMPDIR`](#env-TMPDIR)</span>\
Use the specified directory to store temporary files. In particular,
this includes temporary build directories; these can take up
substantial amounts of disk space. The default is `/tmp`.

- <span id="env-NIX_REMOTE">[`NIX_REMOTE`](#env-NIX_REMOTE)</span>\
This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Nix
daemon to execute Nix operations. This is necessary in [multi-user
Nix installations](@docroot@/installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix
daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path, this variable
should be set to `unix://path/to/socket`. Otherwise, it should be
left unset.

- <span id="env-NIX_SHOW_STATS">[`NIX_SHOW_STATS`](#env-NIX_SHOW_STATS)</span>\
If set to `1`, Nix will print some evaluation statistics, such as
the number of values allocated.

- <span id="env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS">[`NIX_COUNT_CALLS`](#env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS)</span>\
If set to `1`, Nix will print how often functions were called during
Nix expression evaluation. This is useful for profiling your Nix
expressions.

- <span id="env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE">[`GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`](#env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE)</span>\
If Nix has been configured to use the Boehm garbage collector, this
variable sets the initial size of the heap in bytes. It defaults to
384 MiB. Setting it to a low value reduces memory consumption, but
will increase runtime due to the overhead of garbage collection.
- <span id="env-IN_NIX_SHELL">[`IN_NIX_SHELL`](#env-IN_NIX_SHELL)</span>

Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by
`nix-shell`. It can have the values `pure` or `impure`.

- <span id="env-NIX_PATH">[`NIX_PATH`](#env-NIX_PATH)</span>

A colon-separated list of directories used to look up the location of Nix
expressions using [paths](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-path)
enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`),
e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the
[`-I` option](@docroot@/command-ref/opt-common.md#opt-I).

If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Nix will fall back to the following list in [impure](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval) and [unrestricted](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval) evaluation mode:

1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels`
2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`
3. `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels`

If `NIX_PATH` is set to an empty string, resolving search paths will always fail.
For example, attempting to use `<nixpkgs>` will produce:

error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path

- <span id="env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE">[`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`](#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE)</span>

Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not
allowed to contain any symlink components. This is to prevent
“impure” builds. Builders sometimes “canonicalise” paths by
resolving all symlink components. Thus, builds on different machines
(with `/nix/store` resolving to different locations) could yield
different results. This is generally not a problem, except when
builds are deployed to machines where `/nix/store` resolves
differently. If you are sure that you’re not going to do that, you
can set `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE` to `1`.

Note that if you’re symlinking the Nix store so that you can put it
on another file system than the root file system, on Linux you’re
better off using `bind` mount points, e.g.,

```console
$ mkdir /nix
$ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix
```

Consult the mount 8 manual page for details.

- <span id="env-NIX_STORE_DIR">[`NIX_STORE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STORE_DIR)</span>

Overrides the location of the Nix store (default `prefix/store`).

- <span id="env-NIX_DATA_DIR">[`NIX_DATA_DIR`](#env-NIX_DATA_DIR)</span>

Overrides the location of the Nix static data directory (default
`prefix/share`).

- <span id="env-NIX_LOG_DIR">[`NIX_LOG_DIR`](#env-NIX_LOG_DIR)</span>

Overrides the location of the Nix log directory (default
`prefix/var/log/nix`).

- <span id="env-NIX_STATE_DIR">[`NIX_STATE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STATE_DIR)</span>

Overrides the location of the Nix state directory (default
`prefix/var/nix`).

- <span id="env-NIX_CONF_DIR">[`NIX_CONF_DIR`](#env-NIX_CONF_DIR)</span>

Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration directory
(default `prefix/etc/nix`).

- <span id="env-NIX_CONFIG">[`NIX_CONFIG`](#env-NIX_CONFIG)</span>

Applies settings from Nix configuration from the environment.
The content is treated as if it was read from a Nix configuration file.
Settings are separated by the newline character.

- <span id="env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES">[`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES)</span>

Overrides the location of the Nix user configuration files to load from.

The default are the locations according to the [XDG Base Directory Specification].
See the [XDG Base Directories](#xdg-base-directories) sub-section for details.

The variable is treated as a list separated by the `:` token.

- <span id="env-TMPDIR">[`TMPDIR`](#env-TMPDIR)</span>

Use the specified directory to store temporary files. In particular,
this includes temporary build directories; these can take up
substantial amounts of disk space. The default is `/tmp`.

- <span id="env-NIX_REMOTE">[`NIX_REMOTE`](#env-NIX_REMOTE)</span>

This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Nix
daemon to execute Nix operations. This is necessary in [multi-user
Nix installations](@docroot@/installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix
daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path, this variable
should be set to `unix://path/to/socket`. Otherwise, it should be
left unset.

- <span id="env-NIX_SHOW_STATS">[`NIX_SHOW_STATS`](#env-NIX_SHOW_STATS)</span>

If set to `1`, Nix will print some evaluation statistics, such as
the number of values allocated.

- <span id="env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS">[`NIX_COUNT_CALLS`](#env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS)</span>

If set to `1`, Nix will print how often functions were called during
Nix expression evaluation. This is useful for profiling your Nix
expressions.

- <span id="env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE">[`GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`](#env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE)</span>

If Nix has been configured to use the Boehm garbage collector, this
variable sets the initial size of the heap in bytes. It defaults to
384 MiB. Setting it to a low value reduces memory consumption, but
will increase runtime due to the overhead of garbage collection.

## XDG Base Directories

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