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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8f65315a69d5..b7b4477ad2dd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ Nix 0.8 has the following improvements: * One-click installation :-) It is now possible to install any top-level component in Nixpkgs directly, through the web - see, e.g., http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nixpkgs-0.8/. All you - have to do is associate `/nix/bin/nix-install-package' with - `application/nix-package' (or the extension `.nixpkg'), and clicking - on a package link will cause it to be installed, with all + have to do is associate `/nix/bin/nix-install-package' with the MIME + type `application/nix-package' (or the extension `.nixpkg'), and + clicking on a package link will cause it to be installed, with all appropriate dependencies. If you just want to install some specific application, this is easier than subscribing to a channel. @@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ Nix 0.8 has the following improvements: * New `nix-env' query flags `--drv-path' and `--out-path'. -* `fetchurl' allows SHA-1 and SHA-256 in addition to MD5. Just use - `sha1 = ' or `sha256 = ' instead of `md5 = '. Of course, they're - all unsafe, really ;-) +* `fetchurl' allows SHA-1 and SHA-256 in addition to MD5. Just + specify the attribute `sha1' or `sha256' instead of `md5'. Version 0.7 (January 12, 2005) |