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hacking guide: use more self-descriptive section headings
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@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ const redirects = {
"macos": "uninstall.html#macos",
"uninstalling": "uninstall.html"
}
"contributing/hacking.html": {
"nix-with-flakes": "#building-nix-with-flakes"
"classic-nix": "#building-nix"
}
};
// the following code matches the current page's URL against the set of redirects.

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@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ The following instructions assume you already have some version of Nix installed
[installation instructions]: ../installation/installation.md
## Nix with flakes
## Building Nix with flakes
This section assumes you are using Nix with [flakes] enabled. See the [next section](#classic-nix) for equivalent instructions which don't require flakes.
This section assumes you are using Nix with the [`flakes`] and [`nix-command`] experimental features enabled.
See the [Building Nix](#building-nix) section for equivalent instructions using stable Nix interfaces.
[flakes]: ../command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md#description
[`flakes`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-flakes
[`nix-command`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-nix-command
To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
```console
$ nix develop
@ -55,20 +56,17 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
nix (Nix) 2.12
```
To build a release version of Nix:
To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture:
```console
$ nix build
```
You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms).
You can also build Nix for one of the [supported platforms](#platforms).
## Classic Nix
## Building Nix
This section is for Nix without [flakes].
To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
```console
$ nix-shell
@ -102,13 +100,13 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
nix (Nix) 2.12
```
To build Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture use
To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture:
```console
$ nix-build
```
You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms).
You can also build Nix for one of the [supported platforms](#platforms).
## Platforms