In nixos/nixpkgs sourec you'll find <nixpgks> and <nixos> like placeholders. They are defined by NIX_PATH="nixpkgs=foo:nixos=bar".
The reason is that in the past /etc/nixos/{nixpkgs,nixos} has been the source repostiories to build up nixos (This may have changed - I'm not up to date). Marc Weber _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev