2 files changed, 62 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/builtins.xml
index 3b6b80324d54..c8470f4986ee 100644
--- a/doc/manual/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/builtins.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then __getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.compareVersions</function>
+ <replaceable>s1</replaceable> <replaceable>s2</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Compare two strings representing versions and
+ return <literal>-1</literal> if version
+ <replaceable>s1</replaceable> is older than version
+ <replaceable>s2</replaceable>, <literal>0</literal> if they are
+ the same, and <literal>1</literal> if
+ <replaceable>s1</replaceable> is newer than
+ <replaceable>s2</replaceable>. The version comparison algorithm
+ is the same as the one used by <link
+ linkend="ssec-version-comparisons"><command>nix-env
+ -u</command></link>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry
xml:id='builtin-currentSystem'><term><varname>builtins.currentSystem</varname></term>
@@ -146,6 +163,16 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then __getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.div</function>
+ <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Return the quotient of the integers
+ <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
+ <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.filterSource</function>
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
@@ -352,6 +379,15 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.length</function>
+ <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Return the length of the list
+ <replaceable>e</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.lessThan</function>
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
@@ -408,6 +444,31 @@ map (x: "foo" + x) ["bar" "bla" "abc"]</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.mul</function>
+ <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Return the product of the integers
+ <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
+ <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.parseDrvName</function>
+ <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Split the string <replaceable>s</replaceable> into
+ a package name and version. The package name is everything up to
+ but not including the first dash followed by a digit, and the
+ version is everything following that dash. The result is returned
+ in an attribute set <literal>{name, version}</literal>. Thus,
+ <literal>builtins.parseDrvName "nix-0.12pre12876"</literal>
+ returns <literal>{name = "nix"; version =
+ "0.12pre12876";}</literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.pathExists</function>
<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/nix-env.xml
index 9f73b2d4c0f7..6bf0513ac277 100644
--- a/doc/manual/nix-env.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/nix-env.xml
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ upgrading `mozilla-1.2' to `mozilla-1.4'</screen>
</refsection>
-<refsection><title>Versions</title>
+<refsection xml:id="ssec-version-comparisons"><title>Versions</title>
<para>The upgrade operation determines whether a derivation
<varname>y</varname> is an upgrade of a derivation
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