docs: document set theory symbols
These symbols confused me so I wanted to gloss them to help future users. You can see the context here: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/flakes-what-does-mean-big-bundle-of-questions
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the store object at `P` contains the path `Q` somewhere. The
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*references* of a store path are the set of store paths to which it
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has a reference.
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A derivation can reference other derivations and sources (but not
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output paths), whereas an output path only references other output
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paths.
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is necessary to deploy whole closures, since otherwise at runtime
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files could be missing. The command `nix-store -qR` prints out
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closures of store paths.
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As an example, if the store object at path `P` contains a reference
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to path `Q`, then `Q` is in the closure of `P`. Further, if `Q`
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references `R` then `R` is also in the closure of `P`.
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store. It can contain regular files, directories and symbolic
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links. NARs are generated and unpacked using `nix-store --dump`
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and `nix-store --restore`.
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- `∅` \
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The empty set symbol. In the context of package history, this denotes a package was not present prior to installation.
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- `ε` \
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The epsilon symbol. In the context of a package, this means the version is empty. More precisely, the derivation does not have a version attribute.
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