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-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/builtins.xml | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/opt-common.xml | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/release-notes.xml | 57 |
3 files changed, 74 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/builtins.xml index 9f5f4438ce55..b75f58e21f1b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/builtins.xml +++ b/doc/manual/builtins.xml @@ -302,6 +302,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><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 + hash algorithm specified by <replaceable>type</replaceable> must + be one of <literal>"md5"</literal>, <literal>"sha1"</literal> or + <literal>"sha256"</literal>.</para></listitem> + + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.head</function> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> diff --git a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml index 72971bd6a7d5..329345773dd8 100644 --- a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml +++ b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml @@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ <varlistentry><term><option>-I</option> <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Add a path to the Nix expression search path. See - the <envar>NIX_PATH</envar> environment variable for details. Paths - added through <option>-I</option> take precedence over - <envar>NIX_PATH</envar>.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Add a path to the Nix expression search path. This + option may be given multiple times. See the <envar>NIX_PATH</envar> + environment variable for information on the semantics of the Nix + search path. Paths added through <option>-I</option> take + precedence over <envar>NIX_PATH</envar>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> 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 |