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author | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2007-02-02T01·52+0000 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2007-02-02T01·52+0000 |
commit | 451dbf687f65b42d70e64c3858771abaab51b356 (patch) | |
tree | 2954eb3c33c2d3800ac1f4296d4c694613485079 /doc/manual/nix-instantiate.xml | |
parent | f52de527c7743d8fe28574f02b632566a1006244 (diff) |
* nix-env now maintains meta info (from the `meta' derivation
attribute) about installed packages in user environments. Thus, an operation like `nix-env -q --description' shows useful information not only on available packages but also on installed packages. * nix-env now passes the entire manifest as an argument to the Nix expression of the user environment builder (not just a list of paths), so that in particular the user environment builder has access to the meta attributes. * New operation `--set-flag' in nix-env to change meta info of installed packages. This will be useful to pass per-package policies to the user environment builder (e.g., how to resolve collision or whether to disable a package (NIX-80)) or upgrade policies in nix-env (e.g., that a package should be "masked", that is, left untouched by upgrade actions). Example: $ nix-env --set-flag enabled false ghc-6.4
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