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docs: explain provenance of default `nix-path` values
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@ -87,10 +87,19 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
If the respective paths are accessible, the default values are:
- `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels`
The [user channel link](@docroot@/command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md#user-channel-link), pointing to the current state of [channels](@docroot@/command-ref/files/channels.md) for the current user.
- `nixpkgs=$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`
The current state of the `nixpkgs` channel for the `root` user.
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels`
See [`NIX_STATE_DIR`](@docroot@/command-ref/env-common.md#env-NIX_STATE_DIR) for details.
The current state of all channels for the `root` user.
These files are set up by the [Nix installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md).
See [`NIX_STATE_DIR`](@docroot@/command-ref/env-common.md#env-NIX_STATE_DIR) for details on the environment variable.
> **Note**
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