Install nix-manual in default user profile#14952
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This makes man pages available in the default profile after using nix installer. Relates to: NixOS#12382
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I tested on a Ubuntu 24.04 VM. man pages are available after running the install script. |
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As an intermediate fix this seems fine to me. Ideally we'd just untangle nix-manual in a way that the path to nix2-style manpages can get hardcoded in the binary.
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This makes man pages available in the default profile after using nix installer.
Relates to: #12382
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