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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml index e7e9bf3c5b43..a078be83d5ab 100644 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml +++ b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml @@ -8,6 +8,63 @@ <!--==================================================================--> +<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.5.1"><title>Release 1.5.1 (February 28, 2013)</title> + +<para>The bug fix to the bug fix had a bug itself, of course. But +this time it will work for sure!</para> + +</section> + + +<!--==================================================================--> + +<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.5"><title>Release 1.5 (February 27, 2013)</title> + +<para>This is a brown paper bag release to fix a regression introduced +by the hard link security fix in 1.4.</para> + +</section> + + +<!--==================================================================--> + +<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.4"><title>Release 1.4 (February 26, 2013)</title> + +<para>This release fixes a security bug in multi-user operation. It +was possible for derivations to cause the mode of files outside of the +Nix store to be changed to 444 (read-only but world-readable) by +creating hard links to those files (<link +xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/5526a282b5b44e9296e61e07d7d2626a79141ac4">details</link>).</para> + +<para>There are also the following improvements:</para> + +<itemizedlist> + + <listitem><para>New built-in function: + <function>builtins.hashString</function>.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Build logs are now stored in + <filename>/nix/var/log/nix/drvs/<replaceable>XX</replaceable>/</filename>, + where <replaceable>XX</replaceable> is the first two characters of + the derivation. This is useful on machines that keep a lot of build + logs (such as Hydra servers).</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The function <function>corepkgs/fetchurl</function> + can now make the downloaded file executable. This will allow + getting rid of all bootstrap binaries in the Nixpkgs source + tree.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Language change: The expression <literal>"${./path} + ..."</literal> now evaluates to a string instead of a + path.</para></listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +</section> + + +<!--==================================================================--> + <section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.3"><title>Release 1.3 (January 4, 2013)</title> <para>This is primarily a bug fix release. When this version is first |