diff --git a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md index 608beb8f8..8dff4646c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ translated into low-level *store derivations* (implicitly by `nix-env` and `nix-build`, or explicitly by `nix-instantiate`). + - [content-addressed derivation]{#gloss-fixed-output-derivation} + FIXME + + - [fixed-output derivation]{#gloss-fixed-output-derivation} + A derivation which includes the `__outHash` attribute; the output + of such derivations must exactly match the hash. All fixed-output + derivations are [content-addressed derivations](#gloss-content-addressed-derivation). + - [store]{#gloss-store}\ The location in the file system where store objects live. Typically `/nix/store`. @@ -44,6 +52,16 @@ derivation outputs (objects produced by running a build action), or derivations (files describing a build action). + - [input-addressed store object]{#gloss-input-addressed-store-object}\ + Store objects produced by building a + non-[content-addressed](#gloss-content-addressed-derivation) + derivation. + + - [output-addressed store object]{#gloss-output-addressed-store-object}\ + A store object whose store path hashes its content. This + includes derivations and the outputs of + [content-addressed derivations](#gloss-content-addressed-derivation) + - [substitute]{#gloss-substitute}\ A substitute is a command invocation stored in the Nix database that describes how to build a store object, bypassing the normal build @@ -59,9 +77,7 @@ - the store object is signed by one of the `trusted-public-keys` - the substituter is in the `trusted-substituters` list - the `no-require-sigs` option has been set to disable signature checking - - the store object is *output-addressed*; this includes - derivations, the outputs of content-addressed derivations, and - the outputs of fixed-output derivations. + - the store object is [output-addressed](#gloss-output-addressed-store-object) - [purity]{#gloss-purity}\ The assumption that equal Nix derivations when run always produce