nixos-rebuild: document cross compilation subtlety

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Ingo Blechschmidt 2022-04-05 16:00:51 +02:00
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(<replaceable>user@host</replaceable>). You can also set ssh options by
defining the <envar>NIX_SSHOPTS</envar> environment variable.
</para>
<para>
Note that <command>nixos-rebuild</command> honors the
<literal>nixpkgs.crossSystem</literal> setting of the given configuration
but disregards the true architecture of the target host. Hence the
<literal>nixpkgs.crossSystem</literal> setting has to match the target
platform or else activation will fail.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>