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The current instructions for building the Nix manual include a command that doesn't work as described. Specifically: ``` nix build .#nix^doc ``` Running this command results in the error: ``` error: derivation '/nix/store/hddqxzfqgx2fhj8q66ss3idym7pk7aj1-nix-2.26.0pre20250107_383ab87.drv' does not have wanted outputs 'doc' ``` However, this command works if you specify the Nix version explicitly, such as: ``` nix build nix/2.24.11#nix^doc ``` Additionally, these commands are run within the Nix root directory. However, the nix build .#nix^doc command does work when run from the nixpkgs directory and generates the NixOS manual. I'm not sure if I'm missing something. Is the `nix^doc` supposed to be added somehow to flake outputs? The incremental build section does not work since as make has been decommissioned in favor of Meson. Should this be simply deleted?
Nix
Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.
Installation and first steps
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Building and developing
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Contributing
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Additional resources
Nix was created by Eelco Dolstra and developed as the subject of his PhD thesis The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model, published 2006. Today, a world-wide developer community contributes to Nix and the ecosystem that has grown around it.
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License
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