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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-29 11:18:51 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-29 19:07:58 +0100
commit136787cb4e7baa8e389956ecbf74d87acda0c5a5 (patch)
tree465085e21d98eb820618cd3abbba0c3314a1391e
parent122c3a1d67816c2b193a46487875d363ebe35361 (diff)
doc: Mention Nix in the intro.
* doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Mention Nix with a xref to "Acknowledgments". (Acknowledgments): Add link to nixos.org.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 01e28041f2..b5c08f5d9c 100644
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@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ software packages, etc.
@cindex functional package management
The term @dfn{functional} refers to a specific package management
-discipline. In Guix, the package build and installation process is seen
+discipline pioneered by Nix (@pxref{Acknowledgments}).
+In Guix, the package build and installation process is seen
as a function, in the mathematical sense. That function takes inputs,
such as build scripts, a compiler, and libraries, and
returns an installed package. As a pure function, its result depends
@@ -8421,7 +8422,8 @@ reason.
@node Acknowledgments
@chapter Acknowledgments
-Guix is based on the Nix package manager, which was designed and
+Guix is based on the @uref{http://nixos.org/nix/, Nix package manager},
+which was designed and
implemented by Eelco Dolstra, with contributions from other people (see
the @file{nix/AUTHORS} file in Guix.) Nix pioneered functional package
management, and promoted unprecedented features, such as transactional