Unify NixOS and Nixpkgs channel structure
This is primarily to ensure that -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz and -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz and -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz behave consistently. It also allows installing packages via "nix-env -iA nixos.<pkg>" rather than "nixos.pkgs.<pkg>". It would be even better to allow "nixpkgs.<pkg>", but that requires a change to nix-channel. Fixes #7659.
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ uninstall packages from the command line. For instance, to install
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Mozilla Thunderbird:
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<screen>
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$ nix-env -iA nixos.pkgs.thunderbird</screen>
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$ nix-env -iA nixos.thunderbird</screen>
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If you invoke this as root, the package is installed in the Nix
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profile <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/default</filename> and visible
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@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Nixpkgs will be built or downloaded as part of the system when you run
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<para>You can get a list of the available packages as follows:
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<screen>
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$ nix-env -qaP '*' --description
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nixos.pkgs.firefox firefox-23.0 Mozilla Firefox - the browser, reloaded
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nixos.firefox firefox-23.0 Mozilla Firefox - the browser, reloaded
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<replaceable>...</replaceable>
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</screen>
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The first column in the output is the <emphasis>attribute
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name</emphasis>, such as
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<literal>nixos.pkgs.thunderbird</literal>. (The
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<literal>nixos.thunderbird</literal>. (The
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<literal>nixos</literal> prefix allows distinguishing between
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different channels that you might have.)</para>
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