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diff --git a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md index a1e27b7bdf7f4..f3cdb1f2dc0c0 100644 --- a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md +++ b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ A shell array containing additional arguments passed to the configure script. Yo ##### `dontAddPrefix` {#var-stdenv-dontAddPrefix} -By default, the flag `--prefix=$prefix` is added to the configure flags. If this is undesirable, set this variable to true. +By default, `./configure` is passed the concatenation of [`prefixKey`](#var-stdenv-prefixKey) and [`prefix`](#var-stdenv-prefix) on the command line. Disable this by setting `dontAddPrefix` to `true`. ##### `prefix` {#var-stdenv-prefix} @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ The prefix under which the package must be installed, passed via the `--prefix` ##### `prefixKey` {#var-stdenv-prefixKey} -The key to use when specifying the prefix. By default, this is set to `--prefix=` as that is used by the majority of packages. +The key to use when specifying the installation [`prefix`](#var-stdenv-prefix). By default, this is set to `--prefix=` as that is used by the majority of packages. Other packages may need `--prefix ` (with a trailing space) or `PREFIX=`. ##### `dontAddStaticConfigureFlags` {#var-stdenv-dontAddStaticConfigureFlags} |