`stripHash` documentation states that it prints out the stripped name to the stdout, but the function stored the value in `strippedName` instead. Basically all usages did something like `$(stripHash $foo | echo $strippedName)` which is just braindamaged. Fixed the implementation and all invocations.
To build the manual, you need Nix installed on your system (no need
for NixOS). To install Nix, follow the instructions at
https://nixos.org/nix/download.html
When you have Nix on your system, in the root directory of the project
(i.e., `nixpkgs`), run:
nix-build nixos/release.nix -A manual.x86_64-linux
When this command successfully finishes, it will tell you where the
manual got generated.