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68 lines
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-option-declarations">
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<title>Option Declarations</title>
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<para>An option declaration specifies the name, type and description
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of a NixOS configuration option. It is invalid to define an option
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that hasn’t been declared in any module. An option declaration
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generally looks like this:
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<programlisting>
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options = {
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<replaceable>name</replaceable> = mkOption {
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type = <replaceable>type specification</replaceable>;
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default = <replaceable>default value</replaceable>;
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example = <replaceable>example value</replaceable>;
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description = "<replaceable>Description for use in the NixOS manual.</replaceable>";
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};
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};
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>The function <varname>mkOption</varname> accepts the following arguments.
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>type</varname></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The type of the option (see <xref linkend='sec-option-types' />).
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It may be omitted, but that’s not advisable since it may lead to errors
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that are hard to diagnose.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>default</varname></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The default value used if no value is defined by any
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module. A default is not required; in that case, if the option
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value is never used, an error will be thrown.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>example</varname></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>An example value that will be shown in the NixOS manual.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>description</varname></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A textual description of the option, in DocBook format,
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that will be included in the NixOS manual.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</section>
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