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question: why does nix-env --xml output differ from the --json output?

i think that this might be a bug.






nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qa nix --out-path -A nix --xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<items>
  <item attrPath="nix" name="nix-1.7" system="x86_64-linux">
    <output name="out" path="/nix/store/h9pz2p1nvgvaz46zm7kdpmxbmp78g2dg-nix-1.7" />
  </item>
</items>









nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qa nix --out-path -A nix --json
{
    "nix": {
        "name": "nix-1.7",
        "system": "x86_64-linux",
        "meta": {
            "description": "The Nix Deployment System",
            "homepage": "http://nixos.org/",
            "license": {
                "fullName": "GNU Library General Public License v2 or later",
                "shortName": "LGPL-2.0+",
                "url": "http://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.0+"
            },
            "maintainers": ["Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>"],
            "platforms": ["i686-linux", "x86_64-linux", "armv5tel-linux", "armv7l-linux", "mips64el-linux", "x86_64-darwin", "i686-cygwin", "i686-freebsd", "x86_64-freebsd", "i686-openbsd", "x86_64-openbsd"],
            "position": "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix:69"
        }
    }
} %