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| author | Matthieu Coudron <886074+teto@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-03-06 23:32:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Matthieu Coudron <886074+teto@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-03-16 14:37:10 +0100 |
| commit | 545c14d5e4d65d8ac8aa282bf5720e83695cd1f8 (patch) | |
| tree | c9dcecabfcdc0136bf340901eb446f1dabc9cdd4 /doc | |
| parent | 0c9417100fb3172cfa874f0d8641471d91a94c76 (diff) | |
doc/lua: mention the patching of interpreters
explain why they are patched in nixpkgs.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md index a6577a56a436c..87cd0c4c90d7b 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ The main package set contains aliases to these package sets, e.g. `luaPackages` refers to `lua5_1.pkgs` and `lua52Packages` to `lua5_2.pkgs`. +Note that nixpkgs patches the non-luajit interpreters to avoid referring to +`/usr` and have `;;` (a [placeholder](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-package.path) replaced with the default LUA_PATH) work correctly. + ### Installing Lua and packages {#installing-lua-and-packages} #### Lua environment defined in separate `.nix` file {#lua-environment-defined-in-separate-.nix-file} |