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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml218
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml21
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml12
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/advanced-attributes.xml32
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml364
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml15
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml202
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.2.xml25
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.3.xml19
10 files changed, 626 insertions, 284 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index 26fe58d043b7..e9947ebc673f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-builders">
     <term><literal>builders</literal></term>
     <listitem>
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-users-group"><term><literal>build-users-group</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This options specifies the Unix group containing
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-connect-timeout"><term><literal>connect-timeout</literal></term>
 
     <listitem>
@@ -243,7 +240,6 @@ false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-extra-sandbox-paths">
     <term><literal>extra-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
 
@@ -283,7 +279,6 @@ false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-fallback"><term><literal>fallback</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, Nix will fall
@@ -293,7 +288,6 @@ false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-fsync-metadata"><term><literal>fsync-metadata</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, changes to the
@@ -304,7 +298,6 @@ false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-hashed-mirrors"><term><literal>hashed-mirrors</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>A list of web servers used by
@@ -367,10 +360,8 @@ builtins.fetchurl {
     options a store path was built), so by default this option is on.
     Turn it off to save a bit of disk space (or a lot if
     <literal>keep-outputs</literal> is also turned on).</para></listitem>
-
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-keep-env-derivations"><term><literal>keep-env-derivations</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If <literal>false</literal> (default), derivations
@@ -394,7 +385,6 @@ builtins.fetchurl {
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-keep-outputs"><term><literal>keep-outputs</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If <literal>true</literal>, the garbage collector
@@ -408,10 +398,8 @@ builtins.fetchurl {
     only at build time (e.g., the C compiler, or source tarballs
     downloaded from the network).  To prevent it from doing so, set
     this option to <literal>true</literal>.</para></listitem>
-
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-max-build-log-size"><term><literal>max-build-log-size</literal></term>
 
     <listitem>
@@ -444,10 +432,8 @@ builtins.fetchurl {
     overridden using the <option
     linkend='opt-max-jobs'>--max-jobs</option> (<option>-j</option>)
     command line switch.</para></listitem>
-
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-max-silent-time"><term><literal>max-silent-time</literal></term>
 
     <listitem>
@@ -603,7 +589,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-repeat"><term><literal>repeat</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>How many times to repeat builds to check whether
@@ -615,7 +600,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-require-sigs"><term><literal>require-sigs</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default),
@@ -679,7 +663,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-sandbox-dev-shm-size"><term><literal>sandbox-dev-shm-size</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This option determines the maximum size of the
@@ -745,7 +728,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-substituters"><term><literal>substituters</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>A list of URLs of substituters, separated by
@@ -754,7 +736,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-system"><term><literal>system</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system
@@ -776,6 +757,33 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-system-features"><term><literal>system-features</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>A set of system “features” supported by this
+    machine, e.g. <literal>kvm</literal>. Derivations can express a
+    dependency on such features through the derivation attribute
+    <varname>requiredSystemFeatures</varname>. For example, the
+    attribute
+
+<programlisting>
+requiredSystemFeatures = [ "kvm" ];
+</programlisting>
+
+    ensures that the derivation can only be built on a machine with
+    the <literal>kvm</literal> feature.</para>
+
+    <para>This setting by default includes <literal>kvm</literal> if
+    <filename>/dev/kvm</filename> is accessible, and the
+    pseudo-features <literal>nixos-test</literal>,
+    <literal>benchmark</literal> and <literal>big-parallel</literal>
+    that are used in Nixpkgs to route builds to specific
+    machines.</para>
+
+    </listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-timeout"><term><literal>timeout</literal></term>
 
     <listitem>
@@ -795,7 +803,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trusted-public-keys"><term><literal>trusted-public-keys</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>A whitespace-separated list of public keys. When
@@ -806,7 +813,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trusted-substituters"><term><literal>trusted-substituters</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>A list of URLs of substituters, separated by
@@ -819,7 +825,6 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trusted-users"><term><literal>trusted-users</literal></term>
 
     <listitem>
@@ -845,8 +850,177 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
   </varlistentry>
 
 </variablelist>
+</para>
+
+<refsection>
+  <title>Deprecated Settings</title>
+
+<para>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-binary-caches">
+    <term><literal>binary-caches</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>binary-caches</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-substituters" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-binary-cache-public-keys">
+    <term><literal>binary-cache-public-keys</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>binary-cache-public-keys</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-trusted-public-keys" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-compress-log">
+    <term><literal>build-compress-log</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-compress-log</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-compress-build-log" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-cores">
+    <term><literal>build-cores</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-cores</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-cores" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-extra-chroot-dirs">
+    <term><literal>build-extra-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-extra-chroot-dirs</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-extra-sandbox-paths" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-extra-sandbox-paths">
+    <term><literal>build-extra-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-extra-sandbox-paths</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-extra-sandbox-paths" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-fallback">
+    <term><literal>build-fallback</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-fallback</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-fallback" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-max-jobs">
+    <term><literal>build-max-jobs</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-max-jobs</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-max-jobs" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-max-log-size">
+    <term><literal>build-max-log-size</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-max-log-size</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-max-build-log-size" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-max-silent-time">
+    <term><literal>build-max-silent-time</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-max-silent-time</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-max-silent-time" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-repeat">
+    <term><literal>build-repeat</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-repeat</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-repeat" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-timeout">
+    <term><literal>build-timeout</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-timeout</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-timeout" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-use-chroot">
+    <term><literal>build-use-chroot</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-use-chroot</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-sandbox" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-use-sandbox">
+    <term><literal>build-use-sandbox</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-use-sandbox</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-sandbox" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-use-substitutes">
+    <term><literal>build-use-substitutes</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>build-use-substitutes</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-substitute" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-gc-keep-derivations">
+    <term><literal>gc-keep-derivations</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>gc-keep-derivations</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-keep-derivations" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-gc-keep-outputs">
+    <term><literal>gc-keep-outputs</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>gc-keep-outputs</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-keep-outputs" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-env-keep-derivations">
+    <term><literal>env-keep-derivations</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>env-keep-derivations</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-keep-env-derivations" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-extra-binary-caches">
+    <term><literal>extra-binary-caches</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>extra-binary-caches</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-extra-substituters" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trusted-binary-caches">
+    <term><literal>trusted-binary-caches</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para><emphasis>Deprecated:</emphasis>
+    <literal>trusted-binary-caches</literal> is now an alias to
+    <xref linkend="conf-trusted-substituters" />.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
 </para>
+</refsection>
 
 </refsection>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
index 5c44c4a8f446..cb443c888d3d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
@@ -317,13 +317,28 @@ while (my $token = $p->get_tag("a")) {
 
 </para>
 
-<para>Finally, the following Haskell script uses a specific branch of
-Nixpkgs/NixOS (the 14.12 stable branch):
+<para>Sometimes you need to pass a simple Nix expression to customize
+a package like Terraform:
+
+<programlisting><![CDATA[
+#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#! nix-shell -i bash -p "terraform.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.openstack ])"
+
+terraform apply
+]]></programlisting>
+
+<note><para>You must use double quotes (<literal>"</literal>) when
+passing a simple Nix expression in a nix-shell shebang.</para></note>
+</para>
+
+<para>Finally, using the merging of multiple nix-shell shebangs the
+following Haskell script uses a specific branch of Nixpkgs/NixOS (the
+18.03 stable branch):
 
 <programlisting><![CDATA[
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
 #! nix-shell -i runghc -p haskellPackages.ghc haskellPackages.HTTP haskellPackages.tagsoup
-#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz
+#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-18.03.tar.gz
 
 import Network.HTTP
 import Text.HTML.TagSoup
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
index c827d85b3815..41a04f265d7c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
@@ -679,6 +679,18 @@ query is applied to the target of the symlink.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--graphml</option></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>Prints the references graph of the store paths
+    <replaceable>paths</replaceable> in the <link
+    xlink:href="http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/">GraphML</link> file format.
+    This can be used to visualise dependency graphs. To obtain a
+    build-time dependency graph, apply this to a store derivation. To
+    obtain a runtime dependency graph, apply it to an output
+    path.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
   <varlistentry><term><option>--binding</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
     <term><option>-b</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/advanced-attributes.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/advanced-attributes.xml
index 9422e82ff362..a9b97b91a0a2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/advanced-attributes.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/advanced-attributes.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fetchurl {
 <programlisting>
 { stdenv, curl }: # The <command>curl</command> program is used for downloading.
 
-{ url, md5 }:
+{ url, sha256 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = baseNameOf (toString url);
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ curl ];
 
   # This is a fixed-output derivation; the output must be a regular
-  # file with MD5 hash <varname>md5</varname>.
+  # file with SHA256 hash <varname>sha256</varname>.
   outputHashMode = "flat";
-  outputHashAlgo = "md5";
-  outputHash = md5;
+  outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
+  outputHash = sha256;
 
   inherit url;
 }
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     <para>The <varname>outputHashAlgo</varname> attribute specifies
     the hash algorithm used to compute the hash.  It can currently be
-    <literal>"md5"</literal>, <literal>"sha1"</literal> or
-    <literal>"sha256"</literal>.</para>
+    <literal>"sha1"</literal>, <literal>"sha256"</literal> or
+    <literal>"sha512"</literal>.</para>
 
     <para>The <varname>outputHashMode</varname> attribute determines
     how the hash is computed.  It must be one of the following two
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         <listitem><para>The output must be a non-executable regular
         file.  If it isn’t, the build fails.  The hash is simply
         computed over the contents of that file (so it’s equal to what
-        Unix commands like <command>md5sum</command> or
+        Unix commands like <command>sha256sum</command> or
         <command>sha1sum</command> produce).</para>
 
         <para>This is the default.</para></listitem>
@@ -312,9 +312,7 @@ big = "a very long string";
   <varlistentry><term><varname>preferLocalBuild</varname></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If this attribute is set to
-    <literal>true</literal>, it has two effects.  First, the
-    derivation will always be built, not substituted, even if a
-    substitute is available.  Second, if <link
+    <literal>true</literal> and <link
     linkend="chap-distributed-builds">distributed building is
     enabled</link>, then, if possible, the derivaton will be built
     locally instead of forwarded to a remote machine.  This is
@@ -324,6 +322,20 @@ big = "a very long string";
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+
+  <varlistentry><term><varname>allowSubstitutes</varname></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>If this attribute is set to
+    <literal>false</literal>, then Nix will always build this
+    derivation; it will not try to substitute its outputs. This is
+    useful for very trivial derivations (such as
+    <function>writeText</function> in Nixpkgs) that are cheaper to
+    build locally than to substitute from a binary
+    cache.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
 </variablelist>
 
 </section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 3f396ac1d991..4a20ffd81be8 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
 <variablelist>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>abort</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-abort'>
+    <term><function>abort</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Abort Nix expression evaluation, print error
     message <replaceable>s</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
@@ -29,8 +30,10 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.add</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-add'>
+    <term><function>builtins.add</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
+    </term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the sum of the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
@@ -39,8 +42,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.all</function>
-  <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-all'>
+    <term><function>builtins.all</function>
+    <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the function
     <replaceable>pred</replaceable> returns <literal>true</literal>
@@ -50,8 +54,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.any</function>
-  <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-any'>
+    <term><function>builtins.any</function>
+    <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the function
     <replaceable>pred</replaceable> returns <literal>true</literal>
@@ -61,8 +66,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrNames</function>
-  <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-attrNames'>
+    <term><function>builtins.attrNames</function>
+    <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the names of the attributes in the set
     <replaceable>set</replaceable> in an alphabetically sorted list.  For instance,
@@ -72,8 +78,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrValues</function>
-  <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-attrValues'>
+    <term><function>builtins.attrValues</function>
+    <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the values of the attributes in the set
     <replaceable>set</replaceable> in the order corresponding to the
@@ -82,7 +89,8 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>baseNameOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-baseNameOf'>
+    <term><function>baseNameOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the <emphasis>base name</emphasis> of the
     string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, that is, everything following
@@ -92,8 +100,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitAnd</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitAnd'>
+    <term><function>builtins.bitAnd</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the bitwise AND of the integers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
@@ -102,8 +111,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitOr</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitOr'>
+    <term><function>builtins.bitOr</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the bitwise OR of the integers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
@@ -112,8 +122,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitXor</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitXor'>
+    <term><function>builtins.bitXor</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the bitwise XOR of the integers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
@@ -122,7 +133,8 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><varname>builtins</varname></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-builtins'>
+    <term><varname>builtins</varname></term>
 
     <listitem><para>The set <varname>builtins</varname> contains all
     the built-in functions and values.  You can use
@@ -139,8 +151,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.compareVersions</function>
-  <replaceable>s1</replaceable> <replaceable>s2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-compareVersions'>
+    <term><function>builtins.compareVersions</function>
+    <replaceable>s1</replaceable> <replaceable>s2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Compare two strings representing versions and
     return <literal>-1</literal> if version
@@ -156,8 +169,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.splitVersion</function>
-  <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-splitVersion'>
+    <term><function>builtins.splitVersion</function>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Split a string representing a version into its
     components, by the same version splitting logic underlying the
@@ -167,16 +181,18 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.concatLists</function>
-  <replaceable>lists</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-concatLists'>
+    <term><function>builtins.concatLists</function>
+    <replaceable>lists</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Concatenate a list of lists into a single
     list.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.concatStringsSep</function>
-  <replaceable>separator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-concatStringsSep'>
+    <term><function>builtins.concatStringsSep</function>
+    <replaceable>separator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Concatenate a list of strings with a separator
     between each element, e.g. <literal>concatStringsSep "/"
@@ -184,8 +200,8 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry
-  xml:id='builtin-currentSystem'><term><varname>builtins.currentSystem</varname></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-currentSystem'>
+    <term><varname>builtins.currentSystem</varname></term>
 
     <listitem><para>The built-in value <varname>currentSystem</varname>
     evaluates to the Nix platform identifier for the Nix installation
@@ -218,8 +234,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   -->
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.deepSeq</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-deepSeq'>
+    <term><function>builtins.deepSeq</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This is like <literal>seq
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable>
@@ -231,8 +248,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>derivation</function>
-  <replaceable>attrs</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-derivation'>
+    <term><function>derivation</function>
+    <replaceable>attrs</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para><function>derivation</function> is described in
     <xref linkend='ssec-derivation' />.</para></listitem>
@@ -240,7 +258,8 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>dirOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-dirOf'>
+    <term><function>dirOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the directory part of the string
     <replaceable>s</replaceable>, that is, everything before the final
@@ -250,8 +269,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.div</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-div'>
+    <term><function>builtins.div</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the quotient of the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
@@ -259,8 +279,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.elem</function>
-  <replaceable>x</replaceable> <replaceable>xs</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-elem'>
+    <term><function>builtins.elem</function>
+    <replaceable>x</replaceable> <replaceable>xs</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if a value equal to
     <replaceable>x</replaceable> occurs in the list
@@ -270,8 +291,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.elemAt</function>
-  <replaceable>xs</replaceable> <replaceable>n</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-elemAt'>
+    <term><function>builtins.elemAt</function>
+    <replaceable>xs</replaceable> <replaceable>n</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return element <replaceable>n</replaceable> from
     the list <replaceable>xs</replaceable>.  Elements are counted
@@ -281,8 +303,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fetchurl</function>
-  <replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchurl'>
+    <term><function>builtins.fetchurl</function>
+    <replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Download the specified URL and return the path of
     the downloaded file. This function is not available if <link
@@ -292,8 +315,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>fetchTarball</function>
-  <replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchTarball'>
+    <term><function>fetchTarball</function>
+    <replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Download the specified URL, unpack it and return
     the path of the unpacked tree. The file must be a tape archive
@@ -346,7 +370,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchGit'>
     <term>
       <function>builtins.fetchGit</function>
       <replaceable>args</replaceable>
@@ -546,7 +570,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.foldl’</function>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-foldl-prime'>
+    <term><function>builtins.foldl’</function>
     <replaceable>op</replaceable> <replaceable>nul</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Reduce a list by applying a binary operator, from
@@ -559,7 +584,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.functionArgs</function>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-functionArgs'>
+    <term><function>builtins.functionArgs</function>
     <replaceable>f</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>
@@ -577,7 +603,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fromJSON'>
+    <term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Convert a JSON string to a Nix
     value. For example,
@@ -592,8 +619,9 @@ builtins.fromJSON ''{"x": [1, 2, 3], "y": null}''
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.genList</function>
-  <replaceable>generator</replaceable> <replaceable>length</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-genList'>
+    <term><function>builtins.genList</function>
+    <replaceable>generator</replaceable> <replaceable>length</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Generate list of size
     <replaceable>length</replaceable>, with each element
@@ -610,8 +638,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getAttr</function>
-  <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-getAttr'>
+    <term><function>builtins.getAttr</function>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para><function>getAttr</function> returns the attribute
     named <replaceable>s</replaceable> from
@@ -623,8 +652,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getEnv</function>
-  <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-getEnv'>
+    <term><function>builtins.getEnv</function>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para><function>getEnv</function> returns the value of
     the environment variable <replaceable>s</replaceable>, or an empty
@@ -641,8 +671,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.hasAttr</function>
-  <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-hasAttr'>
+    <term><function>builtins.hasAttr</function>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para><function>hasAttr</function> returns
     <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>set</replaceable> has an
@@ -655,8 +686,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.hashString</function>
-  <replaceable>type</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-hashString'>
+    <term><function>builtins.hashString</function>
+    <replaceable>type</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return a base-16 representation of the
     cryptographic hash of string <replaceable>s</replaceable>.  The
@@ -667,8 +699,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.head</function>
-  <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-head'>
+    <term><function>builtins.head</function>
+    <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the first element of a list; abort
     evaluation if the argument isn’t a list or is an empty list.  You
@@ -678,8 +711,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>import</function>
-  <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-import'>
+    <term><function>import</function>
+    <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Load, parse and return the Nix expression in the
     file <replaceable>path</replaceable>.  If <replaceable>path
@@ -733,8 +767,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.intersectAttrs</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-intersectAttrs'>
+    <term><function>builtins.intersectAttrs</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return a set consisting of the attributes in the
     set <replaceable>e2</replaceable> that also exist in the set
@@ -743,8 +778,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isAttrs</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isAttrs'>
+    <term><function>builtins.isAttrs</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a set, and
@@ -753,8 +789,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isList</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isList'>
+    <term><function>builtins.isList</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a list, and
@@ -763,7 +800,7 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isFunction</function>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isFunction'><term><function>builtins.isFunction</function>
   <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
@@ -773,8 +810,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isString</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isString'>
+    <term><function>builtins.isString</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a string, and
@@ -783,8 +821,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isInt</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isInt'>
+    <term><function>builtins.isInt</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to an int, and
@@ -793,8 +832,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isFloat</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isFloat'>
+    <term><function>builtins.isFloat</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a float, and
@@ -803,8 +843,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isBool</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isBool'>
+    <term><function>builtins.isBool</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a bool, and
@@ -813,8 +854,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>isNull</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isNull'>
+    <term><function>isNull</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to <literal>null</literal>,
@@ -828,8 +870,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.length</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-length'>
+    <term><function>builtins.length</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the length of the list
     <replaceable>e</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
@@ -837,8 +880,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.lessThan</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-lessThan'>
+    <term><function>builtins.lessThan</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the number
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> is less than the number
@@ -850,8 +894,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.listToAttrs</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-listToAttrs'>
+    <term><function>builtins.listToAttrs</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Construct a set from a list specifying the names
     and values of each attribute.  Each element of the list should be
@@ -877,8 +922,9 @@ builtins.listToAttrs
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>map</function>
-  <replaceable>f</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-map'>
+    <term><function>map</function>
+    <replaceable>f</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Apply the function <replaceable>f</replaceable> to
     each element in the list <replaceable>list</replaceable>.  For
@@ -893,14 +939,15 @@ map (x: "foo" + x) [ "bar" "bla" "abc" ]</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.match</function>
-  <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-match'>
+    <term><function>builtins.match</function>
+    <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
 
-  <listitem><para>Returns a list if the <link
-  xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
-  POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable>
-  matches <replaceable>str</replaceable> precisely, otherwise returns
-  <literal>null</literal>.  Each item in the list is a regex group.
+    <listitem><para>Returns a list if the <link
+    xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
+    POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable>
+    matches <replaceable>str</replaceable> precisely, otherwise returns
+    <literal>null</literal>.  Each item in the list is a regex group.
 
 <programlisting>
 builtins.match "ab" "abc"
@@ -926,11 +973,12 @@ builtins.match "[[:space:]]+([[:upper:]]+)[[:space:]]+" "  FOO   "
 
 Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
 
-  </para></listitem>
+    </para></listitem>
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.mul</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-mul'>
+    <term><function>builtins.mul</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the product of the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
@@ -939,8 +987,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.parseDrvName</function>
-  <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-parseDrvName'>
+    <term><function>builtins.parseDrvName</function>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Split the string <replaceable>s</replaceable> into
     a package name and version.  The package name is everything up to
@@ -953,7 +1002,7 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-path'>
     <term>
       <function>builtins.path</function>
       <replaceable>args</replaceable>
@@ -1023,8 +1072,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
     </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.pathExists</function>
-  <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-pathExists'>
+    <term><function>builtins.pathExists</function>
+    <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the path
     <replaceable>path</replaceable> exists at evaluation time, and
@@ -1033,8 +1083,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.readDir</function>
-  <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-readDir'>
+    <term><function>builtins.readDir</function>
+    <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the contents of the directory
     <replaceable>path</replaceable> as a set mapping directory entries
@@ -1055,8 +1106,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.readFile</function>
-  <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-readFile'>
+    <term><function>builtins.readFile</function>
+    <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the contents of the file
     <replaceable>path</replaceable> as a string.</para></listitem>
@@ -1064,8 +1116,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>removeAttrs</function>
-  <replaceable>set</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-removeAttrs'>
+    <term><function>removeAttrs</function>
+    <replaceable>set</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Remove the attributes listed in
     <replaceable>list</replaceable> from
@@ -1080,8 +1133,9 @@ removeAttrs { x = 1; y = 2; z = 3; } [ "a" "x" "z" ]</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.replaceStrings</function>
-  <replaceable>from</replaceable> <replaceable>to</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-replaceStrings'>
+    <term><function>builtins.replaceStrings</function>
+    <replaceable>from</replaceable> <replaceable>to</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Given string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, replace
     every occurrence of the strings in <replaceable>from</replaceable>
@@ -1097,8 +1151,9 @@ builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar"
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.seq</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-seq'>
+    <term><function>builtins.seq</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Evaluate <replaceable>e1</replaceable>, then
     evaluate and return <replaceable>e2</replaceable>. This ensures
@@ -1108,8 +1163,9 @@ builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar"
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sort</function>
-  <replaceable>comparator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-sort'>
+    <term><function>builtins.sort</function>
+    <replaceable>comparator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return <replaceable>list</replaceable> in sorted
     order. It repeatedly calls the function
@@ -1131,15 +1187,16 @@ builtins.sort builtins.lessThan [ 483 249 526 147 42 77 ]
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.split</function>
-  <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-split'>
+    <term><function>builtins.split</function>
+    <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
 
-  <listitem><para>Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved
-  with the lists of the <link
-  xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
-  POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches
-  of <replaceable>str</replaceable>. Each item in the lists of matched
-  sequences is a regex group.
+    <listitem><para>Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved
+    with the lists of the <link
+    xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
+    POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches
+    of <replaceable>str</replaceable>. Each item in the lists of matched
+    sequences is a regex group.
 
 <programlisting>
 builtins.split "(a)b" "abc"
@@ -1165,11 +1222,12 @@ builtins.split "([[:upper:]]+)" "  FOO   "
 
 Evaluates to <literal>[ "  " [ "FOO" ] "   " ]</literal>.
 
-  </para></listitem>
+    </para></listitem>
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.stringLength</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-stringLength'>
+    <term><function>builtins.stringLength</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the length of the string
     <replaceable>e</replaceable>.  If <replaceable>e</replaceable> is
@@ -1178,8 +1236,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "  " [ "FOO" ] "   " ]</literal>.
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sub</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-sub'>
+    <term><function>builtins.sub</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the difference between the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
@@ -1188,9 +1247,10 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "  " [ "FOO" ] "   " ]</literal>.
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.substring</function>
-  <replaceable>start</replaceable> <replaceable>len</replaceable>
-  <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-substring'>
+    <term><function>builtins.substring</function>
+    <replaceable>start</replaceable> <replaceable>len</replaceable>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the substring of
     <replaceable>s</replaceable> from character position
@@ -1213,8 +1273,9 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos"
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.tail</function>
-  <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-tail'>
+    <term><function>builtins.tail</function>
+    <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return the second to last elements of a list;
     abort evaluation if the argument isn’t a list or is an empty
@@ -1223,8 +1284,9 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos"
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>throw</function>
-  <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-throw'>
+    <term><function>throw</function>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Throw an error message
     <replaceable>s</replaceable>.  This usually aborts Nix expression
@@ -1237,9 +1299,10 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos"
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry
-  xml:id='builtin-toFile'><term><function>builtins.toFile</function>
-  <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toFile'>
+    <term><function>builtins.toFile</function>
+    <replaceable>name</replaceable>
+    <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Store the string <replaceable>s</replaceable> in a
     file in the Nix store and return its path.  The file has suffix
@@ -1315,7 +1378,8 @@ in foo</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toJSON'>
+    <term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return a string containing a JSON representation
     of <replaceable>e</replaceable>.  Strings, integers, floats, booleans,
@@ -1328,7 +1392,8 @@ in foo</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toPath</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toPath'>
+    <term><function>builtins.toPath</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para> DEPRECATED. Use <literal>/. + "/path"</literal>
     to convert a string into an absolute path. For relative paths,
@@ -1338,7 +1403,8 @@ in foo</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>toString</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toString'>
+    <term><function>toString</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Convert the expression
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> to a string.
@@ -1357,7 +1423,8 @@ in foo</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toXML'><term><function>builtins.toXML</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toXML'>
+    <term><function>builtins.toXML</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return a string containing an XML representation
     of <replaceable>e</replaceable>.  The main application for
@@ -1472,8 +1539,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.trace</function>
-  <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-trace'>
+    <term><function>builtins.trace</function>
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Evaluate <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and print its
     abstract syntax representation on standard error.  Then return
@@ -1482,8 +1550,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.tryEval</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-tryEval'>
+    <term><function>builtins.tryEval</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Try to evaluate <replaceable>e</replaceable>.
     Return a set containing the attributes <literal>success</literal>
@@ -1496,8 +1565,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.typeOf</function>
-  <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-typeOf'>
+    <term><function>builtins.typeOf</function>
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return a string representing the type of the value
     <replaceable>e</replaceable>, namely <literal>"int"</literal>,
diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml b/doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml
index a3f86ade95cd..30670d7fec9c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@
   <title>Upgrading Nix</title>
 
   <para>
-    Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running
-    <command>sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update &amp;&amp; nix-env
-    -iA nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo
-    launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</command>.
+    Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running:
+    <command>sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update &amp;&amp;
+    nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix &amp;&amp;
+    launchctl remove org.nixos.nix-daemon &amp;&amp;
+    launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist'</command>
   </para>
 
+
   <para>
-    Single-user installations of Nix should run <command>nix-channel
-    --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</command>.
+    Single-user installations of Nix should run this:
+    <command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</command>
   </para>
-
 </chapter>
diff --git a/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml b/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml
index bcd91cfdbccd..ea654392c6b1 100644
--- a/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,49 @@ from Amazon S3 and S3 compatible services. This uses the same
 <emphasis>binary</emphasis> cache mechanism that Nix usually uses to
 fetch prebuilt binaries from <uri>cache.nixos.org</uri>.</para>
 
+<para>The following options can be specified as URL parameters to
+the S3 URL:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+  <varlistentry><term><literal>profile</literal></term>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The name of the AWS configuration profile to use. By default
+      Nix will use the <literal>default</literal> profile.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry><term><literal>region</literal></term>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The region of the S3 bucket. <literal>us–east-1</literal> by
+      default.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      If your bucket is not in <literal>us–east-1</literal>, you
+      should always explicitly specify the region parameter.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry><term><literal>endpoint</literal></term>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The URL to your S3-compatible service, for when not using
+      Amazon S3. Do not specify this value if you're using Amazon
+      S3.
+    </para>
+    <note><para>This endpoint must support HTTPS and will use
+    path-based addressing instead of virtual host based
+    addressing.</para></note>
+  </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
 <para>In this example we will use the bucket named
-<literal>example-bucket</literal>.</para>
+<literal>example-nix-cache</literal>.</para>
 
 <section xml:id="ssec-s3-substituter-anonymous-reads">
   <title>Anonymous Reads to your S3-compatible binary cache</title>
@@ -24,65 +65,56 @@ fetch prebuilt binaries from <uri>cache.nixos.org</uri>.</para>
   cache.</para>
 
   <para>For AWS S3 the binary cache URL for example bucket will be
-  exactly <uri>https://example-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com</uri>. For S3
-  compatible binary caches ago have to consult your software's
-  documentation.</para>
+  exactly <uri>https://example-nix-cache.s3.amazonaws.com</uri> or
+  <uri>s3://example-nix-cache</uri>. For S3 compatible binary caches,
+  consult that cache's documentation.</para>
 
   <para>Your bucket will need the following bucket policy:</para>
 
-  <programlisting>
-<![CDATA[
+  <programlisting><![CDATA[
 {
-  "Id": "DirectReads",
-  "Version": "2012-10-17",
-  "Statement": [
-    {
-      "Sid": "AlowDirectReads",
-      "Action": [
-        "s3:GetObject"
-      ],
-      "Effect": "Allow",
-      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::example-bucket/*",
-      "Principal": "*"
-    }
-  ]
+    "Id": "DirectReads",
+    "Version": "2012-10-17",
+    "Statement": [
+        {
+            "Sid": "AlowDirectReads",
+            "Action": [
+                "s3:GetObject",
+                "s3:GetBucketLocation"
+            ],
+            "Effect": "Allow",
+            "Resource": [
+                "arn:aws:s3:::example-nix-cache",
+                "arn:aws:s3:::example-nix-cache/*"
+            ],
+            "Principal": "*"
+        }
+    ]
 }
-]]>
-</programlisting>
+]]></programlisting>
 </section>
 
 <section xml:id="ssec-s3-substituter-authenticated-reads">
   <title>Authenticated Reads to your S3 binary cache</title>
 
   <para>For AWS S3 the binary cache URL for example bucket will be
-  exactly <uri>s3://example-bucket</uri>.</para>
+  exactly <uri>s3://example-nix-cache</uri>.</para>
 
   <para>Nix will use the <link
   xlink:href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html#credentials-default.">default
   credential provider chain</link> for authenticating requests to
   Amazon S3.</para>
 
-  <para>Nix supports authenticated writes to S3 compatible binary
-  caches but only supports Authenticated reads from Amazon S3.
-  Additionally, the following limitations are in place for
-  authenticated reads:</para>
-
-  <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem><para>The bucket must actually be hosted by Amazon S3 and
-    <emphasis>not</emphasis> an S3 compatible
-    service.</para></listitem>
-
-    <listitem><para>The bucket must be within the
-    <literal>us-east-1</literal> region.</para></listitem>
-
-    <listitem><para>The Amazon credentials, if stored in a credential
-    profile, must be stored in the <literal>default</literal>
-    profile.</para></listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
+  <para>Nix supports authenticated reads from Amazon S3 and S3
+  compatible binary caches.</para>
 
   <para>Your bucket will need a bucket policy allowing the desired
-  users to perform the <literal>s3:GetObject</literal> action on all
-  objects in the bucket.</para>
+  users to perform the <literal>s3:GetObject</literal> and
+  <literal>s3:GetBucketLocation</literal> action on all objects in the
+  bucket. The anonymous policy in <xref
+  linkend="ssec-s3-substituter-anonymous-reads" /> can be updated to
+  have a restricted <literal>Principal</literal> to support
+  this.</para>
 </section>
 
 
@@ -91,69 +123,49 @@ fetch prebuilt binaries from <uri>cache.nixos.org</uri>.</para>
 
   <para>Nix support fully supports writing to Amazon S3 and S3
   compatible buckets. The binary cache URL for our example bucket will
-  be <uri>s3://example-bucket</uri>.</para>
+  be <uri>s3://example-nix-cache</uri>.</para>
 
   <para>Nix will use the <link
   xlink:href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html#credentials-default.">default
   credential provider chain</link> for authenticating requests to
   Amazon S3.</para>
 
-  <para>The following options can be specified as URL parameters to
-  the S3 URL:</para>
-  <variablelist>
-    <varlistentry><term><literal>profile</literal></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-        The name of the AWS configuration profile to use. By default
-        Nix will use the <literal>default</literal> profile.
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry><term><literal>region</literal></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-        The region of the S3 bucket. <literal>us–east-1</literal> by
-        default.
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry><term><literal>endpoint</literal></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-        The URL to your S3-compatible service, for when not using
-        Amazon S3. Do not specify this value if you're using Amazon
-        S3.
-      </para>
-      <note><para>This endpoint must support HTTPS and will use
-      path-based addressing instead of virtual host based
-      addressing.</para></note>
-    </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-  </variablelist>
-
-  <example><title>Uploading with non-default credential profile for Amazon S3</title>
-    <para><command>nix copy --to ssh://machine nixpkgs.hello s3://example-bucket?profile=cache-upload</command></para>
+  <para>Your account will need the following IAM policy to
+  upload to the cache:</para>
+
+  <programlisting><![CDATA[
+{
+  "Version": "2012-10-17",
+  "Statement": [
+    {
+      "Sid": "UploadToCache",
+      "Effect": "Allow",
+      "Action": [
+        "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
+        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
+        "s3:GetObject",
+        "s3:ListBucket",
+        "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads",
+        "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
+        "s3:ListObjects",
+        "s3:PutObject"
+      ],
+      "Resource": [
+        "arn:aws:s3:::example-nix-cache",
+        "arn:aws:s3:::example-nix-cache/*"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+]]></programlisting>
+
+
+  <example><title>Uploading with a specific credential profile for Amazon S3</title>
+    <para><command>nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload&amp;region=eu-west-2' nixpkgs.hello</command></para>
   </example>
 
   <example><title>Uploading to an S3-Compatible Binary Cache</title>
-    <para><command>nix copy --to ssh://machine nixpkgs.hello s3://example-bucket?profile=cache-upload&amp;endpoint=minio.example.com</command></para>
+    <para><command>nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload&amp;endpoint=minio.example.com' nixpkgs.hello</command></para>
   </example>
-
-  <para>The user writing to the bucket will need to perform the
-  following actions against the bucket:</para>
-
-  <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:ListBucket</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:GetBucketLocation</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:ListObjects</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:GetObject</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:PutObject</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:CreateMultipartUpload</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:ListMultipartUploadParts</literal></para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para><literal>s3:AbortMultipartUpload</literal></para></listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
 </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
index ff4085cb792d..2655d68e354b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 </partintro>
 -->
 
+<xi:include href="rl-2.3.xml" />
+<xi:include href="rl-2.2.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-2.1.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-2.0.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1.11.10.xml" />
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.2.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc28a56c9401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      version="5.0"
+      xml:id="ssec-relnotes-2.2">
+
+<title>Release 2.2 (201?-??-??)</title>
+
+<para>This release has the following changes:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>The derivation attribute
+    <varname>requiredSystemFeatures</varname> is now enforced for
+    local builds, and not just to route builds to remote builders.
+    The supported features of a machine can be specified through the
+    configuration setting <varname>system-features</varname>.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</section>
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.3.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b68fbfd7e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.3.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      version="5.0"
+      xml:id="ssec-relnotes-2.3">
+
+<title>Release 2.3 (2019-??-??)</title>
+
+<para>This release has the following changes:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Sandbox builds are now enabled by default on Linux.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</section>