Can there be a better database rather than a text file? On 1/09/2014 4:04 AM, Michael Raskin wrote: >> On 31 August 2014 18:27, Michael Raskin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'd say, though, that only name-based operations drop in performance >>> that way… >>> >>> Although for some strange reason we still recommend this way of using >>> Nix. >> Nix newb asks: what would be the superiour alternative, then? > nix-env -iA insted of nix-env -i > > The difference is that you use attribute name, not package name; lookup > by attribute name allows to read only all-packages.nix and relevant > sources, not entire NixPkgs tree. > > > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
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