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Setting<std::string> thisSystem{
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Setting<std::string> thisSystem{
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this, SYSTEM, "system",
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this, SYSTEM, "system",
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R"(
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R"(
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This option specifies the canonical Nix system name of the current
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This option specifies the canonical Nix system name of the current installation, such as `i686-linux` or `x86_64-darwin`.
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installation, such as `i686-linux` or `x86_64-darwin`. Nix can only
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Nix can only build derivations whose `system` attribute equals the value specified here.
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build derivations whose `system` attribute equals the value
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In general, it never makes sense to modify this value from its default, since you can use it to ‘lie’ about the platform you are building on (e.g., perform a Mac OS build on a Linux machine; the result would obviously be wrong).
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specified here. In general, it never makes sense to modify this
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It only makes sense if the Nix binaries can run on multiple platforms, e.g., ‘universal binaries’ that run on `x86_64-linux` and `i686-linux`.
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value from its default, since you can use it to ‘lie’ about the
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platform you are building on (e.g., perform a Mac OS build on a
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Linux machine; the result would obviously be wrong). It only makes
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sense if the Nix binaries can run on multiple platforms, e.g.,
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‘universal binaries’ that run on `x86_64-linux` and `i686-linux`.
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It defaults to the canonical Nix system name detected by `configure`
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It defaults to the canonical Nix system name detected by `configure` at build time.
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at build time.
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)"};
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)"};
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Setting<time_t> maxSilentTime{
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Setting<time_t> maxSilentTime{
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