From 49ad317ae16abd318d4bb02e0e17260235750b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 18:51:44 +0200 Subject: doc: Add a few words on the term "derivation". * doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add a sentence on "derivation". --- doc/guix.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 10eb344c71..c1e51eac94 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1305,7 +1305,8 @@ store. To instruct the daemon to perform a build action, users actually provide it with a @dfn{derivation}. A derivation is a low-level representation of the build actions to be taken, and the environment in which they should occur---derivations are to package definitions what -assembly is to C programs. +assembly is to C programs. The term ``derivation'' comes from the fact +that build results @emph{derive} from them. This chapter describes all these APIs in turn, starting from high-level package definitions. -- cgit 1.4.1