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| author | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2005-01-12T10·27+0000 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl> | 2005-01-12T10·27+0000 |
| commit | 7d75616f2ca4e72db7088767e052b66de5718a80 (patch) | |
| tree | bfacb5788ded60f654efedfbf4a175eb5f400bfe /doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml | |
| parent | 6af4a5a71ffee704c4760be4259d69bb7e21b870 (diff) | |
* NEWS and manual update for release 0.7.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml index 0c4a85837198..28b70b786154 100644 --- a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml +++ b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml @@ -1253,6 +1253,17 @@ command-line argument. See <xref linkend='sec-standard-environment' performed by looking for the hash parts of file names of the inputs.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>After the build, Nix sets the last-modified + timestamp on all files in the build result to 0 (00:00:00 1/1/1970 + UTC), sets the group to the default group, and sets the mode of the + file to 0444 or 0555 (i.e., read-only, with execute permission + enabled if the file was originally executable). Note that possible + <literal>setuid</literal> and <literal>setgid</literal> bits are + cleared. Setuid and setgid programs are not currently supported by + Nix. This is because the Nix archives used in deployment have no + concept of ownership information, and because it makes the build + result dependent on the user performing the build.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> |