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@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ of the Subversion component might be stored in a directory
while another version might be stored in
<filename>/nix/store/58823d558a6a...-subversion-0.34/</filename>. The
long hexadecimal numbers prefixed to the directory names are
cryptographic hashes<footnote><para>128 bit MD5 hashes, to be
precise.</para></footnote> of <emphasis>all</emphasis> inputs involved
in building the component — sources, dependencies, compiler flags, and
so on. So if two components differ in any way, they end up in
different locations in the file system, so they don't interfere with
each other. <xref linkend='fig-user-environments'
cryptographic hashes<footnote><para>160-bit truncations of SHA-256
hashes, to be precise.</para></footnote> of <emphasis>all</emphasis>
inputs involved in building the component — sources, dependencies,
compiler flags, and so on. So if two components differ in any way,
they end up in different locations in the file system, so they don't
interfere with each other. <xref linkend='fig-user-environments'
/><footnote><para>TODO: the figure isn't entirely up to date. It
should show multiple profiles and
<filename>~/.nix-profile</filename>.</para></footnote> shows a part of