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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml index 4efcb9ba269f..04bd3bfce820 100644 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml +++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version="5.0" xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.11"> -<title>Release 1.11 (2015-01-05)</title> +<title>Release 1.11 (2015-01-18)</title> <para>This is primarily a bug fix release. It also has a number of new features:</para> @@ -76,6 +76,36 @@ $ nix-prefetch-url -A nix-repl.src </listitem> <listitem> + <para> + The options <option>--check</option> and <option>--option + build-repeat <replaceable>N</replaceable></option>, if they + detect a difference between two runs of the same derivation and + <option>-K</option> is given, will make the output of the other + run available under + <filename><replaceable>store-path</replaceable>-check</filename>. This + makes it easier to investigate the non-determinism using tools + like <command>diffoscope</command>, e.g., + +<screen> +$ nix-build pkgs/stdenv/linux -A stage1.pkgs.zlib --check -K +error: derivation ‘/nix/store/l54i8wlw2265…-zlib-1.2.8.drv’ may not +be deterministic: output ‘/nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8’ +differs from ‘/nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8-check’ + +$ diffoscope /nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8 /nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8-check +… +├── lib/libz.a +│ ├── metadata +│ │ @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ +│ │ -rw-r--r-- 30001/30000 3096 Jan 12 15:20 2016 adler32.o +… +│ │ +rw-r--r-- 30001/30000 3096 Jan 12 15:28 2016 adler32.o +… +</screen> + + </para></listitem> + + <listitem> <para>Improved FreeBSD support.</para> </listitem> @@ -100,6 +130,12 @@ $ nix-prefetch-url -A nix-repl.src </itemizedlist> -<para>This release has contributions from TODO.</para> +<para>This release has contributions from Anders Claesson, Anthony +Cowley, Bjørn Forsman, Brian McKenna, Danny Wilson, davidak, Eelco Dolstra, +Fabian Schmitthenner, FrankHB, Ilya Novoselov, janus, Jim Garrison, John +Ericson, Jude Taylor, Ludovic Courtès, Manuel Jacob, Mathnerd314, +Pascal Wittmann, Peter Simons, Philip Potter, Preston Bennes, Rommel +M. Martinez, Sander van der Burg, Shea Levy, Tim Cuthbertson, Tuomas +Tynkkynen, Utku Demir and Vladimír Čunát.</para> </section> |