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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml85
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml17
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml1
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml27
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml8
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-generate-patches.xml44
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml55
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml54
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml19
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml22
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml162
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml1
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml55
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/utilities.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml129
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml9
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml18
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml22
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml7
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/local.mk16
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml3
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.1.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.11.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.12.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.13.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.14.xml6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.15.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.16.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.6.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.1.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.1.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.2.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.0.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.1.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.10.xml64
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml148
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml24
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.2.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.3.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.1.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.2.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.1.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.7.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.8.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml4
56 files changed, 670 insertions, 456 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index c947d19fa0e1..4c8f3d9d3809 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -224,16 +224,16 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><literal>build-use-chroot</literal></term>
+  <varlistentry><term><literal>build-use-sandbox</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, builds will be
-    performed in a <emphasis>chroot environment</emphasis>, i.e.,
+    performed in a <emphasis>sandboxed environment</emphasis>, i.e.,
     they’re isolated from the normal file system hierarchy and will
     only see their dependencies in the Nix store, the temporary build
     directory, private versions of <filename>/proc</filename>,
     <filename>/dev</filename>, <filename>/dev/shm</filename> and
-    <filename>/dev/pts</filename>, and the paths configured with the
-    <link linkend='conf-build-chroot-dirs'><literal>build-chroot-dirs</literal>
+    <filename>/dev/pts</filename> (on Linux), and the paths configured with the
+    <link linkend='conf-build-sandbox-paths'><literal>build-sandbox-paths</literal>
     option</link>. This is useful to prevent undeclared dependencies
     on files in directories such as <filename>/usr/bin</filename>. In
     addition, on Linux, builds run in private PID, mount, network, IPC
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     system (except that fixed-output derivations do not run in private
     network namespace to ensure they can access the network).</para>
 
-    <para>Currently, chroots only work on Linux and Mac OS X. The use
-    of a chroot requires that Nix is run as root (so you should use
+    <para>Currently, sandboxing only work on Linux and Mac OS X. The use
+    of a sandbox requires that Nix is run as root (so you should use
     the <link linkend='conf-build-users-group'>“build users”
     feature</link> to perform the actual builds under different users
     than root).</para>
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     <para>If this option is set to <literal>relaxed</literal>, then
     fixed-output derivations and derivations that have the
     <varname>__noChroot</varname> attribute set to
-    <literal>true</literal> do not run in chroots.</para>
+    <literal>true</literal> do not run in sandboxes.</para>
 
     <para>The default is <literal>false</literal>.</para>
 
@@ -259,17 +259,16 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>build-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-sandbox-paths">
+    <term><literal>build-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
 
-    <listitem><para>A list of paths bind-mounted into Nix chroot
-    environments.  Contrary to what the name suggests, the specified
-    paths do not have to be directories; you can bind-mount other
-    types of files as well.  You can use the syntax
+    <listitem><para>A list of paths bind-mounted into Nix sandbox
+    environments. You can use the syntax
     <literal><replaceable>target</replaceable>=<replaceable>source</replaceable></literal>
-    to mount a path in a different location in the chroot; for
+    to mount a path in a different location in the sandbox; for
     instance, <literal>/bin=/nix-bin</literal> will mount the path
     <literal>/nix-bin</literal> as <literal>/bin</literal> inside the
-    chroot.</para>
+    sandbox.</para>
 
     <para>Depending on how Nix was built, the default value for this option
     may be empty or provide <filename>/bin/sh</filename> as a
@@ -278,10 +277,11 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-extra-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>build-extra-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-extra-sandbox-paths">
+    <term><literal>build-extra-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>A list of additional paths appended to
-    <option>build-chroot-dirs</option>. Useful if you want to extend
+    <option>build-sandbox-paths</option>. Useful if you want to extend
     its default value.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
@@ -306,21 +306,6 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><literal>build-cache-failure</literal></term>
-
-    <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, Nix will
-    “cache” build failures, meaning that it will remember (in its
-    database) that a derivation previously failed.  If you then try to
-    build the derivation again, Nix will immediately fail rather than
-    perform the build again.  Failures in fixed-output derivations
-    (such as <function>fetchurl</function> calls) are never cached.
-    The “failed” status of a derivation can be cleared using
-    <command>nix-store --clear-failed-paths</command>.  By default,
-    failure caching is disabled.</para></listitem>
-
-  </varlistentry>
-
-
   <varlistentry><term><literal>build-keep-log</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default),
@@ -426,7 +411,7 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     <listitem><para>The maximum number of parallel HTTP connections
     used by the binary cache substituter to get NAR info files.  This
     number should be high to minimise latency.  It defaults to
-    150.</para></listitem>
+    25.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
@@ -440,18 +425,6 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
-  <varlistentry><term><literal>force-manifest</literal></term>
-
-    <listitem><para>If this option is set to <literal>false</literal>
-    (default) and a Nix channel provides both a manifest and a binary
-    cache, only the binary cache will be used.  If set to
-    <literal>true</literal>, the manifest will be fetched as well.
-    This is useful if you want to use binary patches (which are
-    currently not supported by binary caches).</para></listitem>
-
-  </varlistentry>
-
-
   <varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system
@@ -593,19 +566,21 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
       between different versions of the same system to be hard-coded into nix.
       </para>
 
-      <para>The hook is passed the derivation path and, if chroots are enabled,
-      the chroot directory. It can then modify the chroot and send a series of
+      <para>The hook is passed the derivation path and, if sandboxes are enabled,
+      the sandbox directory. It can then modify the sandbox and send a series of
       commands to modify various settings to stdout. The currently recognized
       commands are:</para>
 
       <variablelist>
-        <varlistentry xml:id="extra-chroot-dirs"><term><literal>extra-chroot-dirs</literal></term>
+        <varlistentry xml:id="extra-sandbox-paths">
+          <term><literal>extra-sandbox-paths</literal></term>
 
           <listitem>
 
             <para>Pass a list of files and directories to be included in the
-            chroot for this build. One entry per line, terminated by an empty
-            line. Entries have the same format as build-chroot-dirs.</para>
+            sandbox for this build. One entry per line, terminated by an empty
+            line. Entries have the same format as
+            <literal>build-sandbox-paths</literal>.</para>
 
           </listitem>
 
@@ -616,6 +591,18 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-repeat"><term><literal>build-repeat</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>How many times to repeat builds to check whether
+    they are deterministic. The default value is 0. If the value is
+    non-zero, every build is repeated the specified number of
+    times. If the contents of any of the runs differs from the
+    previous ones, the build is rejected and the resulting store paths
+    are not registered as “valid” in Nix’s database.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
 </variablelist>
 
 </para>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
index cb1ecfee123e..27efef945f15 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 <variablelist xml:id="env-common">
 
+<varlistentry><term><envar>IN_NIX_SHELL</envar></term>
+
+  <listitem><para>Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by
+  <command>nix-shell</command>.</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry xml:id="env-NIX_PATH"><term><envar>NIX_PATH</envar></term>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml
index a6f4a27203ac..0a1f2a8b722d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml
@@ -73,11 +73,10 @@ condition="manual">See also <xref linkend="sec-channels"
 
     <listitem><para>Downloads the Nix expressions of all subscribed
     channels (or only those included in
-    <replaceable>names</replaceable> if specified), makes them the
+    <replaceable>names</replaceable> if specified) and makes them the
     default for <command>nix-env</command> operations (by symlinking
-    them from the directory <filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>), and
-    performs a <command>nix-pull</command> on the manifests of all
-    channels to make pre-built binaries available.</para></listitem>
+    them from the directory
+    <filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>).</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
@@ -187,16 +186,6 @@ following files:</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><filename>MANIFEST.bz2</filename></term>
-
-    <listitem><para>(Deprecated in favour of binary caches.) A
-    manifest as created by <command>nix-push</command>. Only used if
-    <filename>binary-cache-url</filename> is not present or if the
-    <filename>nix.conf</filename> option
-    <option>force-manifest</option> is set.</para></listitem>
-
-  </varlistentry>
-
 </variablelist>
 
 </refsection>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml
index c88851299152..35a78c5b2015 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       <arg choice='plain'><option>--print-dead</option></arg>
       <arg choice='plain'><option>--delete</option></arg>
     </group>
+    <arg><option>--max-freed</option> <replaceable>bytes</replaceable></arg>
     <arg><option>--dry-run</option></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml
index 6168f859dffc..97e261ae993d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
       <arg choice='plain'><option>--to</option></arg>
       <arg choice='plain'><option>--from</option></arg>
     </group>
-    <arg><option>--sign</option></arg>
     <arg><option>--gzip</option></arg>
     <!--
     <arg><option>- -show-progress</option></arg>
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
     <arg><option>--include-outputs</option></arg>
     <arg><option>--use-substitutes</option></arg>
     <arg><option>-s</option></arg>
+    <arg><option>-v</option></arg>
     <arg choice='plain'>
       <replaceable>user@</replaceable><replaceable>machine</replaceable>
     </arg>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 <para><command>nix-copy-closure</command> gives you an easy and
 efficient way to exchange software between machines.  Given one or
-more Nix store paths <replaceable>paths</replaceable> on the local
+more Nix store <replaceable>paths</replaceable> on the local
 machine, <command>nix-copy-closure</command> computes the closure of
 those paths (i.e. all their dependencies in the Nix store), and copies
 all paths in the closure to the remote machine via the
@@ -86,23 +86,6 @@ those paths.  If this bothers you, use
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><option>--sign</option></term>
-
-    <listitem><para>Let the sending machine cryptographically sign the
-    dump of each path with the key in
-    <filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/signing-key.sec</filename>.
-    If the user on the target machine does not have direct access to
-    the Nix store (i.e., if the target machine has a multi-user Nix
-    installation), then the target machine will check the dump against
-    <filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/signing-key.pub</filename>
-    before unpacking it in its Nix store.  This allows secure sharing
-    of store paths between untrusted users on two machines, provided
-    that there is a trust relation between the Nix installations on
-    both machines (namely, they have matching public/secret
-    keys).</para></listitem>
-
-  </varlistentry>
-
   <varlistentry><term><option>--gzip</option></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Enable compression of the SSH
@@ -138,6 +121,12 @@ those paths.  If this bothers you, use
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry><term><option>-v</option></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>Show verbose output.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
 </variablelist>
 
 </refsection>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
index 5e40317f189d..2ed4a5d9f666 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
@@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ number of possible ways:
   linkend="rsec-nix-store-realise">realised</link> and
   installed.</para></listitem>
 
+  <listitem><para>By default all outputs are installed for each derivation.
+  That can be reduced by setting <literal>meta.outputsToInstall</literal>.
+  </para></listitem> <!-- TODO: link nixpkgs docs on the ability to override those. -->
+
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </para>
@@ -378,7 +382,7 @@ number of possible ways:
 
 <variablelist>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><option>--prebuild-only</option> / <option>-b</option></term>
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--prebuilt-only</option> / <option>-b</option></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Use only derivations for which a substitute is
     registered, i.e., there is a pre-built binary available that can
@@ -1012,7 +1016,7 @@ user environment elements, etc. -->
 
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry><term><option>--prebuild-only</option> / <option>-b</option></term>
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--prebuilt-only</option> / <option>-b</option></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Show only derivations for which a substitute is
     registered, i.e., there is a pre-built binary available that can
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-generate-patches.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-generate-patches.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 70bec432d28e..000000000000
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-generate-patches.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-<refentry 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="sec-nix-generate-patches">
-
-<refmeta>
-  <refentrytitle>nix-generate-patches</refentrytitle>
-  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
-  <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
-</refmeta>
-
-<refnamediv>
-  <refname>nix-generate-patches</refname>
-  <refpurpose>generates binary patches between NAR files</refpurpose>
-</refnamediv>
-
-<refsynopsisdiv>
-  <cmdsynopsis>
-    <command>nix-generate-patches</command>
-    <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>NAR-DIR</replaceable></arg>
-	<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>PATCH-DIR</replaceable></arg>
-	<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>PATCH-URI</replaceable></arg>
-	<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>OLD-MANIFEST</replaceable></arg>
-	<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>NEW-MANIFEST</replaceable></arg>
-  </cmdsynopsis>
-</refsynopsisdiv>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<para>The command <command>nix-generate-patches</command> generates
-binary patches between NAR files listed in OLD-MANIFEST and NEW-MANIFEST.
-The patches are written to the directory PATCH-DIR, and the prefix
-PATCH-URI is used to generate URIs for the patches.  The patches are
-added to NEW-MANIFEST.  All NARs are required to exist in NAR-DIR.
-Patches are generated between succeeding versions of packages with
-the same name.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-</refentry>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml
index f7802a95d55e..e17166caaaf3 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ The elements are as follows:
 
   <varlistentry><term><replaceable>manifestURL</replaceable></term>
 
-    <listitem><para>The manifest to be pulled by
-    <command>nix-pull</command>.  The manifest must contain
-    <replaceable>outPath</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Obsolete.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
index 5d1ab6931cd3..016d8863a94c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
       xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="sec-nix-prefetch-url">
-  
+
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>nix-prefetch-url</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   <cmdsynopsis>
     <command>nix-prefetch-url</command>
     <arg><option>--type</option> <replaceable>hashAlgo</replaceable></arg>
+    <arg><option>--print-path</option></arg>
     <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>url</replaceable></arg>
     <arg><replaceable>hash</replaceable></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ error if signaled if the actual hash of the file does not match the
 specified hash.</para>
 
 <para>This command prints the hash on standard output.  Additionally,
-if the environment variable <envar>PRINT_PATH</envar> is set, the path
-of the downloaded file in the Nix store is also printed.</para>
+if the option <option>--print-path</option> is used, the path of the
+downloaded file in the Nix store is also printed.</para>
 
 </refsection>
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ of the downloaded file in the Nix store is also printed.</para>
 <refsection><title>Options</title>
 
 <variablelist>
-  
+
   <varlistentry><term><option>--type</option> <replaceable>hashAlgo</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Use the specified cryptographic hash algorithm,
@@ -73,6 +74,35 @@ of the downloaded file in the Nix store is also printed.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--print-path</option></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>Print the store path of the downloaded file on
+    standard output.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--unpack</option></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>Unpack the archive (which must be a tarball or zip
+    file) and add the result to the Nix store. The resulting hash can
+    be used with functions such as Nixpkgs’s
+    <varname>fetchzip</varname> or
+    <varname>fetchFromGitHub</varname>.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--name</option></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>Override the name of the file in the Nix store. By
+    default, this is
+    <literal><replaceable>hash</replaceable>-<replaceable>basename</replaceable></literal>,
+    where <replaceable>basename</replaceable> is the last component of
+    <replaceable>url</replaceable>. Overriding the name is necessary
+    when <replaceable>basename</replaceable> contains characters that
+    are not allowed in Nix store paths.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
 </variablelist>
 
 </refsection>
@@ -81,14 +111,19 @@ of the downloaded file in the Nix store is also printed.</para>
 <refsection><title>Examples</title>
 
 <screen>
-$ nix-prefetch-url ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/make/make-3.80.tar.bz2
-0bbd1df101bc0294d440471e50feca71
+$ nix-prefetch-url ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz
+0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i
 
-$ PRINT_PATH=1 nix-prefetch-url ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/make/make-3.80.tar.bz2
-0bbd1df101bc0294d440471e50feca71
-/nix/store/wvyz8ifdn7wyz1p3pqyn0ra45ka2l492-make-3.80.tar.bz2</screen>
+$ nix-prefetch-url --print-path mirror://gnu/hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz
+0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i
+/nix/store/3x7dwzq014bblazs7kq20p9hyzz0qh8g-hello-2.10.tar.gz
+
+$ nix-prefetch-url --unpack --print-path https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/archive/0.8.tar.gz
+079agjlv0hrv7fxnx9ngipx14gyncbkllxrp9cccnh3a50fxcmy7
+/nix/store/19zrmhm3m40xxaw81c8cqm6aljgrnwj2-0.8.tar.gz
+</screen>
 
 </refsection>
 
-    
+
 </refentry>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index eb471677b63f..000000000000
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-<refentry 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="sec-nix-pull">
-
-<refmeta>
-  <refentrytitle>nix-pull</refentrytitle>
-  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
-  <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
-</refmeta>
-
-<refnamediv>
-  <refname>nix-pull</refname>
-  <refpurpose>register availability of pre-built binaries (deprecated)</refpurpose>
-</refnamediv>
-
-<refsynopsisdiv>
-  <cmdsynopsis>
-    <command>nix-pull</command>
-    <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>url</replaceable></arg>
-  </cmdsynopsis>
-</refsynopsisdiv>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<note><para>This command and the use of manifests is deprecated. It is
-better to use binary caches.</para></note>
-
-<para>The command <command>nix-pull</command> obtains a list of
-pre-built store paths from the URL <replaceable>url</replaceable>, and
-for each of these store paths, registers a substitute derivation that
-downloads and unpacks it into the Nix store.  This is used to speed up
-installations: if you attempt to install something that has already
-been built and stored into the network cache, Nix can transparently
-re-use the pre-built store paths.</para>
-
-<para>The file at <replaceable>url</replaceable> must be compatible
-with the files created by <replaceable>nix-push</replaceable>.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Examples</title>
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-pull https://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-15.05pre54468.69858d7/MANIFEST</screen>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-</refentry>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml
index b8156b4554fd..0749824a0ad4 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ automatically.</para>
   <listitem><para>Optionally, a single <emphasis>manifest</emphasis>
   file is created that contains the same metadata as the
   <filename>.narinfo</filename> files.  This is for compatibility with
-  Nix versions prior to 1.2 (see <command>nix-pull</command> for
-  details).</para></listitem>
+  Nix versions prior to 1.2.</para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para>A file named <option>nix-cache-info</option> is
   placed in the destination directory.  The existence of this file
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ automatically.</para>
   <varlistentry><term><option>--manifest</option></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Force the generation of a manifest suitable for
-    use by <command>nix-pull</command>.  The manifest is stored as
+    use by old versions of Nix.  The manifest is stored as
     <filename><replaceable>dest-dir</replaceable>/MANIFEST</filename>.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
@@ -203,20 +202,6 @@ $ nix-push --dest /tmp/cache $(nix-instantiate -A thunderbird)
 
 </para>
 
-<para>To generate a manifest suitable for <command>nix-pull</command>:
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-push --dest /tmp/cache $(nix-build -A thunderbird) --manifest
-</screen>
-
-On another machine you can then do:
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-pull http://example.org/cache
-</screen>
-
-to cause the binaries to be used by subsequent Nix operations.</para>
-
 <para>To generate a signed binary cache, you must first generate a key
 pair, in this example called <literal>cache.example.org-1</literal>,
 storing the secret key in <filename>./sk</filename> and the public key
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
index 9e3e6d1882ba..c64c93ec3ac2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,22 @@ also <xref linkend="sec-common-options" />.</phrase></para>
 </refsection>
 
 
+<refsection><title>Environment variables</title>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+  <varlistentry><term><envar>NIX_BUILD_SHELL</envar></term>
+    
+    <listitem><para>Shell used to start the interactive environment. 
+    Defaults to the <command>bash</command> found in <envar>PATH</envar>.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+
+</refsection>
+
+
 <refsection><title>Examples</title>
 
 <para>To build the dependencies of the package Pan, and start an
@@ -251,9 +267,9 @@ dependencies in Nixpkgs.</para>
 
 <para>The lines starting with <literal>#! nix-shell</literal> specify
 <command>nix-shell</command> options (see above). Note that you cannot
-write <literal>#1 /usr/bin/env nix-shell -i ...</literal> because
-<command>/usr/bin/env</command> does not support passing options to
-the interpreter.</para>
+write <literal>#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell -i ...</literal> because
+many operating systems only allow one argument in
+<literal>#!</literal> lines.</para>
 
 <para>For example, here is a Python script that depends on Python and
 the <literal>prettytable</literal> package:
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
index e21d53d8b9f0..340f61210b2d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
@@ -194,6 +194,25 @@ printed.)</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--check</option></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>This option allows you to check whether a
+    derivation is deterministic. It rebuilds the specified derivation
+    and checks whether the result is bitwise-identical with the
+    existing outputs, printing an error if that’s not the case. The
+    outputs of the specified derivation must already exist. When used
+    with <option>-K</option>, if an output path is not identical to
+    the corresponding output from the previous build, the new output
+    path is left in
+    <filename>/nix/store/<replaceable>name</replaceable>-check.</filename></para>
+
+    <para>See also the <option>build-repeat</option> configuration
+    option, which repeats a derivation a number of times and prevents
+    its outputs from being registered as “valid” in the Nix store
+    unless they are identical.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
 </variablelist>
 
 </refsection>
@@ -212,6 +231,73 @@ $ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate ./test.nix)
 This is essentially what <link
 linkend="sec-nix-build"><command>nix-build</command></link> does.</para>
 
+<para>To test whether a previously-built derivation is deterministic:
+
+<screen>
+$ nix-build -r '&lt;nixpkgs>' -A hello --check -K
+</screen>
+
+</para>
+
+</refsection>
+
+
+</refsection>
+
+
+
+<!--######################################################################-->
+
+<refsection xml:id='rsec-nix-store-serve'><title>Operation <option>--serve</option></title>
+
+<refsection><title>Synopsis</title>
+
+<cmdsynopsis>
+  <command>nix-store</command>
+  <arg choice='plain'><option>--serve</option></arg>
+  <arg><option>--write</option></arg>
+</cmdsynopsis>
+
+</refsection>
+
+<refsection><title>Description</title>
+
+<para>The operation <option>--serve</option> provides access to
+the Nix store over stdin and stdout, and is intended to be used
+as a means of providing Nix store access to a restricted ssh user.
+</para>
+
+<para>The following flags are available:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+  <varlistentry><term><option>--write</option></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>Allow the connected client to request the realization
+    of derivations. In effect, this can be used to make the host act
+    as a build slave.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+
+</refsection>
+
+
+<refsection><title>Examples</title>
+
+<para>To turn a host into a build server, the
+<filename>authorized_keys</filename> file can be used to provide build
+access to a given SSH public key:
+
+<screen>
+$ cat &lt;&lt;EOF >>/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+command="nice -n20 nix-store --serve --write" ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAA...
+EOF
+</screen>
+
+</para>
+
 </refsection>
 
 
@@ -1264,82 +1350,6 @@ export _args; _args='-e /nix/store/9krlzvny65gdc8s7kpb6lkx8cd02c25c-default-buil
 
 <!--######################################################################-->
 
-<refsection><title>Operation <option>--query-failed-paths</option></title>
-
-<refsection>
-  <title>Synopsis</title>
-  <cmdsynopsis>
-    <command>nix-store</command>
-    <arg choice='plain'><option>--query-failed-paths</option></arg>
-  </cmdsynopsis>
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<para>If build failure caching is enabled through the
-<literal>build-cache-failure</literal> configuration option, the
-operation <option>--query-failed-paths</option> will print out all
-store paths that have failed to build.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Example</title>
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-store --query-failed-paths
-/nix/store/000zi5dcla86l92jn1g997jb06sidm7x-perl-PerlMagick-6.59
-/nix/store/0011iy7sfwbc1qj5a1f6ifjnbcdail8a-haskell-gitit-ghc7.0.4-0.8.1
-/nix/store/001c0yn1hkh86gprvrb46cxnz3pki7q3-gamin-0.1.10
-<replaceable>…</replaceable>
-</screen>
-
-</refsection>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<!--######################################################################-->
-
-<refsection><title>Operation <option>--clear-failed-paths</option></title>
-
-<refsection>
-  <title>Synopsis</title>
-  <cmdsynopsis>
-    <command>nix-store</command>
-    <arg choice='plain'><option>--clear-failed-paths</option></arg>
-    <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
-  </cmdsynopsis>
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<para>If build failure caching is enabled through the
-<literal>build-cache-failure</literal> configuration option, the
-operation <option>--clear-failed-paths</option> clears the “failed”
-state of the given store paths, allowing them to be built again.  This
-is useful if the failure was actually transient (e.g. because the disk
-was full).</para>
-
-<para>If a path denotes a derivation, its output paths are cleared.
-You can provide the argument <literal>*</literal> to clear all store
-paths.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-<refsection><title>Example</title>
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-store --clear-failed-paths /nix/store/000zi5dcla86l92jn1g997jb06sidm7x-perl-PerlMagick-6.59
-$ nix-store --clear-failed-paths *
-</screen>
-
-</refsection>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<!--######################################################################-->
-
 <refsection xml:id='rsec-nix-store-generate-binary-cache-key'><title>Operation <option>--generate-binary-cache-key</option></title>
 
 <refsection>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml
index d65f4009ee6e..5b7936393951 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common-syn.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 <arg><option>-K</option></arg>
 <arg><option>--fallback</option></arg>
 <arg><option>--readonly-mode</option></arg>
-<arg><option>--log-type</option> <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
 <arg><option>--show-trace</option></arg>
 <arg>
   <option>-I</option>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml
index c7e8ae1ed05f..bc26a90616e4 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml
@@ -201,61 +201,6 @@
 </varlistentry>
 
 
-<varlistentry xml:id="opt-log-type"><term><option>--log-type</option>
-<replaceable>type</replaceable></term>
-
-  <listitem>
-
-  <para>This option determines how the output written to standard
-  error is formatted.  Nix’s diagnostic messages are typically
-  <emphasis>nested</emphasis>.  For instance, when tracing Nix
-  expression evaluation (<command>nix-env -vvvvv</command>, messages
-  from subexpressions are nested inside their parent expressions.  Nix
-  builder output is also often nested.  For instance, the Nix Packages
-  generic builder nests the various build tasks (unpack, configure,
-  compile, etc.), and the GNU Make in <literal>stdenv-linux</literal>
-  has been patched to provide nesting for recursive Make
-  invocations.</para>
-
-  <para><replaceable>type</replaceable> can be one of the
-  following:
-
-  <variablelist>
-
-    <varlistentry><term><literal>pretty</literal></term>
-
-      <listitem><para>Pretty-print the output, indicating different
-      nesting levels using spaces.  This is the
-      default.</para></listitem>
-
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry><term><literal>escapes</literal></term>
-
-      <listitem><para>Indicate nesting using escape codes that can be
-      interpreted by the <command>nix-log2xml</command> tool in the
-      Nix source distribution.  The resulting XML file can be fed into
-      the <command>log2html.xsl</command> stylesheet to create an HTML
-      file that can be browsed interactively, using JavaScript to
-      expand and collapse parts of the output.</para></listitem>
-
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry><term><literal>flat</literal></term>
-
-      <listitem><para>Remove all nesting.</para></listitem>
-
-    </varlistentry>
-
-  </variablelist>
-
-  </para>
-
-  </listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-
-
 <varlistentry><term><option>--arg</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
 
   <listitem><para>This option is accepted by
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/utilities.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/utilities.xml
index be2fe6e2d235..25e457e4e554 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/utilities.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/utilities.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ work with Nix.</para>
 <xi:include href="nix-collect-garbage.xml" />
 <xi:include href="nix-copy-closure.xml" />
 <xi:include href="nix-daemon.xml" />
-<!--
-<xi:include href="nix-generate-patches.xml" />
--->
 <xi:include href="nix-hash.xml" />
 <xi:include href="nix-install-package.xml" />
 <xi:include href="nix-instantiate.xml" />
 <xi:include href="nix-prefetch-url.xml" />
-<xi:include href="nix-pull.xml" />
 <xi:include href="nix-push.xml" />
 
 </chapter>
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 6bdfdd55c4b6..eae5f5a029bf 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -32,13 +32,35 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.add</function>
   <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
-    <listitem><para>Return the sum of the integers
+    <listitem><para>Return the sum of the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
     <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry><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>
+    for all elements of <replaceable>list</replaceable>,
+    and <literal>false</literal> otherwise.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
+  <varlistentry><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>
+    for at least one element of <replaceable>list</replaceable>,
+    and <literal>false</literal> otherwise.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrNames</function>
   <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
 
@@ -182,7 +204,7 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.div</function>
   <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
-    <listitem><para>Return the quotient of the integers
+    <listitem><para>Return the quotient of the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
     <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
 
@@ -313,6 +335,37 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry><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
+    left to right, e.g. <literal>foldl’ op nul [x0 x1 x2 ...] = op (op
+    (op nul x0) x1) x2) ...</literal>. The operator is applied
+    strictly, i.e., its arguments are evaluated first. For example,
+    <literal>foldl’ (x: y: x + y) 0 [1 2 3]</literal> evaluates to
+    6.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
+  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.functionArgs</function>
+    <replaceable>f</replaceable></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>
+    Return a set containing the names of the formal arguments expected
+    by the function <replaceable>f</replaceable>.
+    The value of each attribute is a Boolean denoting whether the corresponding
+    argument has a default value.  For instance,
+    <literal>functionArgs ({ x, y ? 123}: ...)  =  { x = false; y = true; }</literal>.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>"Formal argument" here refers to the attributes pattern-matched by
+    the function.  Plain lambdas are not included, e.g.
+    <literal>functionArgs (x: ...)  =  { }</literal>.
+    </para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Convert a JSON string to a Nix
@@ -329,6 +382,24 @@ builtins.fromJSON ''{"x": [1, 2, 3], "y": null}''
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.genList</function>
+  <replaceable>generator</replaceable> <replaceable>length</replaceable></term>
+
+    <listitem><para>Generate list of size
+    <replaceable>length</replaceable>, with each element
+    <replaceable>i></replaceable> equal to the value returned by
+    <replaceable>generator</replaceable> <literal>i</literal>. For
+    example,
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5
+</programlisting>
+
+    returns the list <literal>[ 0 1 4 9 16 ]</literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getAttr</function>
   <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
 
@@ -549,12 +620,12 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.lessThan</function>
   <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
-    <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the integer
-    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> is less than the integer
+    <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the number
+    <replaceable>e1</replaceable> is less than the number
     <replaceable>e2</replaceable>, and <literal>false</literal>
     otherwise.  Evaluation aborts if either
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> or <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
-    does not evaluate to an integer.</para></listitem>
+    does not evaluate to a number.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
@@ -605,7 +676,7 @@ map (x: "foo" + x) [ "bar" "bla" "abc" ]</programlisting>
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.mul</function>
   <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
-    <listitem><para>Return the product of the integers
+    <listitem><para>Return the product of the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
     <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
 
@@ -663,7 +734,7 @@ in config.someSetting</programlisting>
     ./A</literal> will return the set
 
 <programlisting>
-{ A = "regular"; B = "directory"; }</programlisting>
+{ B = "regular"; C = "directory"; }</programlisting>
 
     The possible values for the file type are
     <literal>"regular"</literal>, <literal>"directory"</literal>,
@@ -698,6 +769,23 @@ 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>
+
+    <listitem><para>Given string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, replace
+    every occurrence of the strings in <replaceable>from</replaceable>
+    with the corresponding string in
+    <replaceable>to</replaceable>. For example,
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar"
+</programlisting>
+
+    evaluates to <literal>"fabir"</literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.seq</function>
   <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
@@ -709,6 +797,29 @@ removeAttrs { x = 1; y = 2; z = 3; } [ "a" "x" "z" ]</programlisting>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry><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
+    <replaceable>comparator</replaceable> with two elements. The
+    comparator should return <literal>true</literal> if the first
+    element is less than the second, and <literal>false</literal>
+    otherwise. For example,
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.sort builtins.lessThan [ 483 249 526 147 42 77 ]
+</programlisting>
+
+    produces the list <literal>[ 42 77 147 249 483 526
+    ]</literal>.</para>
+
+    <para>This is a stable sort: it preserves the relative order of
+    elements deemed equal by the comparator.</para></listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.stringLength</function>
   <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
@@ -722,7 +833,7 @@ removeAttrs { x = 1; y = 2; z = 3; } [ "a" "x" "z" ]</programlisting>
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sub</function>
   <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
 
-    <listitem><para>Return the difference between the integers
+    <listitem><para>Return the difference between the numbers
     <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
     <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
 
@@ -849,7 +960,7 @@ in foo</programlisting>
   <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
 
     <listitem><para>Return a string containing a JSON representation
-    of <replaceable>e</replaceable>.  Strings, integers, booleans,
+    of <replaceable>e</replaceable>.  Strings, integers, floats, booleans,
     nulls and lists are mapped to their JSON equivalents.  Sets
     (except derivations) are represented as objects.  Derivations are
     translated to a JSON string containing the derivation’s output
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml
index 90e2786faaab..f2a73dccfe18 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/derivations.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ of which specify the inputs of the build.</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
 
-      <listitem><para>Strings and integers are just passed
+      <listitem><para>Strings and numbers are just passed
       verbatim.</para></listitem>
 
       <listitem><para>A <emphasis>path</emphasis> (e.g.,
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
index 0bf6632d6e3a..f1174ecb5d8d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
@@ -140,8 +140,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   </listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para><emphasis>Integers</emphasis>, e.g.,
-  <literal>123</literal>.</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>Numbers, which can be <emphasis>integers</emphasis> (like
+  <literal>123</literal>) or <emphasis>floating point</emphasis> (like
+  <literal>123.43</literal> or <literal>.27e13</literal>).</para>
+
+  <para>Numbers are type-compatible: pure integer operations will always
+  return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one floating point
+  number will have a floating point number as a result.</para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para><emphasis>Paths</emphasis>, e.g.,
   <filename>/bin/sh</filename> or <filename>./builder.sh</filename>.
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml
index e0dd98b7e67e..bd3901a13351 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml
@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@
 <title>Building and Testing</title>
 
 <para>You can now try to build Hello.  Of course, you could do
-<literal>nix-env -f pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix -i hello</literal>,
-but you may not want to install a possibly broken package just yet.
-The best way to test the package is by using the command <command
-linkend="sec-nix-build">nix-build</command>, which builds a Nix
-expression and creates a symlink named <filename>result</filename> in
-the current directory:
+<literal>nix-env -i hello</literal>, but you may not want to install a
+possibly broken package just yet.  The best way to test the package is by
+using the command <command linkend="sec-nix-build">nix-build</command>,
+which builds a Nix expression and creates a symlink named
+<filename>result</filename> in the current directory:
 
 <screen>
-$ nix-build pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix -A hello
+$ nix-build -A hello
 building path `/nix/store/632d2b22514d...-hello-2.1.1'
 hello-2.1.1/
 hello-2.1.1/intl/
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ $ ./result/bin/hello
 Hello, world!</screen>
 
 The <link linkend='opt-attr'><option>-A</option></link> option selects
-the <literal>hello</literal> attribute from
-<filename>all-packages.nix</filename>.  This is faster than using the
+the <literal>hello</literal> attribute.  This is faster than using the
 symbolic package name specified by the <literal>name</literal>
 attribute (which also happens to be <literal>hello</literal>) and is
 unambiguous (there can be multiple packages with the symbolic name
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ block (or perform other derivations if available) until the build
 finishes:
 
 <screen>
-$ nix-build pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix -A hello
+$ nix-build -A hello
 waiting for lock on `/nix/store/0h5b7hp8d4hqfrw8igvx97x1xawrjnac-hello-2.1.1x'</screen>
 
 So it is always safe to run multiple instances of Nix in parallel
diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml
index f9ee98c726d2..e9a09cba7030 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ $ chown alice /nix
 
 </para>
 
+<!--
 <para>You can also manually download and install a binary package.
 Binary packages of the latest stable release are available for Fedora,
 Debian, Ubuntu, Mac OS X and various other systems from the <link
@@ -53,12 +54,12 @@ $ dpkg -i nix_1.8-1_amd64.deb</screen>
 
 </para>
 
-<para>For other platforms, including Mac OS X and other Linux
-distributions, you can download a binary tarball that contains Nix and
-all its dependencies.  (This is what the install script at
-<uri>https://nixos.org/nix/install</uri> uses.)  You should unpack it
-somewhere (e.g. in <filename>/tmp</filename>), and then run the script
-named <command>install</command> inside the binary tarball:
+<para>You can also download a binary tarball that contains Nix and all
+its dependencies.  (This is what the install script at
+<uri>https://nixos.org/nix/install</uri> does automatically.)  You
+should unpack it somewhere (e.g. in <filename>/tmp</filename>), and
+then run the script named <command>install</command> inside the binary
+tarball:
 
 <screen>
 alice$ cd /tmp
@@ -78,5 +79,14 @@ other auxiliary data, if desired:
 $ rm -rf /nix</screen>
 
 </para>
+-->
+
+<para>You can uninstall Nix simply by running:
+
+<screen>
+$ rm -rf /nix
+</screen>
+
+</para>
 
 </chapter>
diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
index 47adc9a4fd67..49036d940bd4 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
   or higher.  If your distribution does not provide it, please install
   it from <link xlink:href="http://www.sqlite.org/" />.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>The Perl DBI and DBD::SQLite libraries, which are
+  <listitem><para>The Perl DBI, DBD::SQLite, and WWW::Curl libraries, which are
   available from <link
   xlink:href="http://search.cpan.org/">CPAN</link> if your
   distribution does not provide them.</para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para>The <link
-  xlink:href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/">Boehm
+  xlink:href="http://www.hboehm.info/gc/">Boehm
   garbage collector</link> to reduce the evaluator’s memory
   consumption (optional).  To enable it, install
   <literal>pkgconfig</literal> and the Boehm garbage collector, and
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml b/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml
index 66679ac9a85a..0c58984ac489 100644
--- a/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/introduction/about-nix.xml
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ directories such as
 so if a package builds correctly on your system, this is because you
 specified the dependency explicitly.</para>
 
-<para>Runtime dependencies are found by scanning binaries for the hash
-parts of Nix store paths (such as <literal>r8vvq9kq…</literal>).  This
-sounds risky, but it works extremely well.</para>
+<para>Once a package is built, runtime dependencies are found by
+scanning binaries for the hash parts of Nix store paths (such as
+<literal>r8vvq9kq…</literal>).  This sounds risky, but it works
+extremely well.</para>
 
 </simplesect>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/local.mk b/doc/manual/local.mk
index 3d7e7fed9631..52f2884ab18f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/local.mk
+++ b/doc/manual/local.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dist-files += $(d)/manual.xmli $(d)/version.txt $(d)/manual.is-valid
 # Generate man pages.
 man-pages := $(foreach n, \
   nix-env.1 nix-build.1 nix-shell.1 nix-store.1 nix-instantiate.1 \
-  nix-collect-garbage.1 nix-push.1 nix-pull.1 \
+  nix-collect-garbage.1 nix-push.1 \
   nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
   nix-install-package.1 nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
   nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8, \
@@ -76,17 +76,3 @@ all: $(d)/manual.html
 clean-files += $(d)/manual.html
 
 dist-files += $(d)/manual.html
-
-
-# Generate the PDF manual.
-$(d)/manual.pdf: $(d)/manual.xml $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/manual.is-valid
-	$(trace-gen) if test "$(dblatex)" != ""; then \
-		cd doc/manual && $(XSLTPROC) --xinclude --stringparam profile.condition manual \
-		  $(docbookxsl)/profiling/profile.xsl manual.xml | \
-		  $(dblatex) -o $(notdir $@) $(dblatex_opts) -; \
-	else \
-		echo "Please install dblatex and rerun configure."; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-
-clean-files += $(d)/manual.pdf
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
index ba72901378e5..8c2deb394183 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 </partintro>
 -->
 
+<xi:include href="rl-1.12.xml" />
+<xi:include href="rl-1.11.xml" />
+<xi:include href="rl-1.10.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1.9.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1.8.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1.7.xml" />
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.1.xml
index 05cd2f654353..95829323d4fb 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.1.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.1.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.10.1">
 
-<title>Release 0.10.1 (October 11, 2006)</title>
+<title>Release 0.10.1 (2006-10-11)</title>
 
 <para>This release fixes two somewhat obscure bugs that occur when
 evaluating Nix expressions that are stored inside the Nix store
 (<literal>NIX-67</literal>).  These do not affect most users.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.xml
index 7815ae75b1b8..9afec4de94de 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.10.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.10">
 
-<title>Release 0.10 (October 6, 2006)</title>
+<title>Release 0.10 (2006-10-06)</title>
 
 <note><para>This version of Nix uses Berkeley DB 4.4 instead of 4.3.
 The database is upgraded automatically, but you should be careful not
@@ -320,4 +320,4 @@ irreversible.</para></warning>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.11.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.11.xml
index 9c5d8b8beb4b..7ad0ab5b71ad 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.11.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.11.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-0.11">
 
-<title>Release 0.11 (December 31, 2007)</title>
+<title>Release 0.11 (2007-12-31)</title>
 
 <para>Nix 0.11 has many improvements over the previous stable release.
 The most important improvement is secure multi-user support.  It also
@@ -258,4 +258,4 @@ on Nix.  Here is an (incomplete) list:</para>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.12.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.12.xml
index 1f04609b1654..fdba8c4d577f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.12.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.12.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-0.12">
 
-<title>Release 0.12 (November 20, 2008)</title>
+<title>Release 0.12 (2008-11-20)</title>
 
 <itemizedlist>
 
@@ -172,4 +172,4 @@ the following paths will be downloaded/copied (30.02 MiB):
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.13.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.13.xml
index 9cf144e4ea23..cce2e4a26b05 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.13.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.13.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-0.13">
 
-<title>Release 0.13 (November 5, 2009)</title>
+<title>Release 0.13 (2009-11-05)</title>
 
 <para>This is primarily a bug fix release.  It has some new
 features:</para>
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ features:</para>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.14.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.14.xml
index a671db3b8588..e5fe9da78e7e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.14.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.14.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
       xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
       xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
       version="5.0"
-      xml:id="ssec-relnotes-0.14"><title>Release 0.14 (February 4, 2010)</title>
+      xml:id="ssec-relnotes-0.14">
+
+<title>Release 0.14 (2010-02-04)</title>
 
 <para>This release has the following improvements:</para>
 
@@ -41,4 +43,4 @@
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.15.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.15.xml
index b76f674ba123..9f58a8efc5d4 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.15.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.15.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-0.15">
 
-<title>Release 0.15 (March 17, 2010)</title>
+<title>Release 0.15 (2010-03-17)</title>
 
 <para>This is a bug-fix release.  Among other things, it fixes
 building on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard), and improves the contents of
 <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename>
 in <literal>chroot</literal> builds.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.16.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.16.xml
index 5254e5f9d658..af1edc0ebbe0 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.16.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.16.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-0.16">
 
-<title>Release 0.16 (August 17, 2010)</title>
+<title>Release 0.16 (2010-08-17)</title>
 
 <para>This release has the following improvements:</para>
 
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.6.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.6.xml
index 83d9dc897c42..6dc6521d3c2a 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.6.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.6.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.6">
 
-<title>Release 0.6 (November 14, 2004)</title>
+<title>Release 0.6 (2004-11-14)</title>
 
 <itemizedlist>
 
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml
index fc8997fc1e36..6f95db4367db 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.7">
 
-<title>Release 0.7 (January 12, 2005)</title>
+<title>Release 0.7 (2005-01-12)</title>
 
 <itemizedlist>
 
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.1.xml
index b4a855b553a5..f7ffca0f8d59 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.1.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.1.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.8.1">
 
-<title>Release 0.8.1 (April 13, 2005)</title>
+<title>Release 0.8.1 (2005-04-13)</title>
 
 <para>This is a bug fix release.</para>
 
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.xml
index 970abb6e85e0..784b26c6b7d3 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.8">
 
-<title>Release 0.8 (April 11, 2005)</title>
+<title>Release 0.8 (2005-04-11)</title>
 
 <para>NOTE: the hashing scheme in Nix 0.8 changed (as detailed below).
 As a result, <command>nix-pull</command> manifests and channels built
@@ -243,4 +243,4 @@ $ nix-env -f .../i686-linux.nix -i -E 'x: x.firefoxWrapper'</screen>
 
 </para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.1.xml
index a7d093aa8e02..85d11f416877 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.1.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.1.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.9.1">
 
-<title>Release 0.9.1 (September 20, 2005)</title>
+<title>Release 0.9.1 (2005-09-20)</title>
 
 <para>This bug fix release addresses a problem with the ATerm library
 when the <option>--with-aterm</option> flag in
 <command>configure</command> was <emphasis>not</emphasis> used.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.2.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.2.xml
index 33141c8e94ff..cb705e98ac25 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.2.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.2.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.9.2">
 
-<title>Release 0.9.2 (September 21, 2005)</title>
+<title>Release 0.9.2 (2005-09-21)</title>
 
 <para>This bug fix release fixes two problems on Mac OS X:
 
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 
 </para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.xml
index 07dd87cd9f61..fd1e633f78ea 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ch-relnotes-0.9">
 
-<title>Release 0.9 (September 16, 2005)</title>
+<title>Release 0.9 (2005-09-16)</title>
 
 <para>NOTE: this version of Nix uses Berkeley DB 4.3 instead of 4.2.
 The database is upgraded automatically, but you should be careful not
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ svnService = derivation {
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.0.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.0.xml
index d000014eb311..ff11168d0932 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.0.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.0.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.0">
 
-<title>Release 1.0 (May 11, 2012)</title>
+<title>Release 1.0 (2012-05-11)</title>
 
 <para>There have been numerous improvements and bug fixes since the
 previous release.  Here are the most significant:</para>
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ previous release.  Here are the most significant:</para>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.1.xml
index 7ee076f193e9..2f26e7a24273 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.1.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.1.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.1">
 
-<title>Release 1.1 (July 18, 2012)</title>
+<title>Release 1.1 (2012-07-18)</title>
 
 <para>This release has the following improvements:</para>
 
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.10.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.10.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..689a95466343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.10.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<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-1.10">
+
+<title>Release 1.10 (2015-09-03)</title>
+
+<para>This is primarily a bug fix release. It also has a number of new
+features:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>A number of builtin functions have been added to reduce
+    Nixpkgs/NixOS evaluation time and memory consumption:
+    <function>all</function>,
+    <function>any</function>,
+    <function>concatStringsSep</function>,
+    <function>foldl’</function>,
+    <function>genList</function>,
+    <function>replaceStrings</function>,
+    <function>sort</function>.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>The garbage collector is more robust when the disk is full.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Nix supports a new API for building derivations that doesn’t
+    require a <literal>.drv</literal> file to be present on disk; it
+    only requires an in-memory representation of the derivation. This
+    is used by the Hydra continuous build system to make remote builds
+    more efficient.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>The function <literal>&lt;nix/fetchurl.nix></literal> now
+    uses a <emphasis>builtin</emphasis> builder (i.e. it doesn’t
+    require starting an external process; the download is performed by
+    Nix itself). This ensures that derivation paths don’t change when
+    Nix is upgraded, and obviates the need for ugly hacks to support
+    chroot execution.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para><option>--version -v</option> now prints some configuration
+    information, in particular what compile-time optional features are
+    enabled, and the paths of various directories.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Build users have their supplementary groups set correctly.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>This release has contributions from Eelco Dolstra, Guillaume
+Maudoux, Iwan Aucamp, Jaka Hudoklin, Kirill Elagin, Ludovic Courtès,
+Manolis Ragkousis, Nicolas B. Pierron and Shea Levy.</para>
+
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efb03d61393f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.11.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+<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-1.11">
+
+<title>Release 1.11 (2016-01-19)</title>
+
+<para>This is primarily a bug fix release. It also has a number of new
+features:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para><command>nix-prefetch-url</command> can now download URLs
+    specified in a Nix expression. For example,
+
+<screen>
+$ nix-prefetch-url -A hello.src
+</screen>
+
+    will prefetch the file specified by the
+    <function>fetchurl</function> call in the attribute
+    <literal>hello.src</literal> from the Nix expression in the
+    current directory, and print the cryptographic hash of the
+    resulting file on stdout. This differs from <literal>nix-build -A
+    hello.src</literal> in that it doesn't verify the hash, and is
+    thus useful when you’re updating a Nix expression.</para>
+
+    <para>You can also prefetch the result of functions that unpack a
+    tarball, such as <function>fetchFromGitHub</function>. For example:
+
+<screen>
+$ nix-prefetch-url --unpack https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/archive/0.8.tar.gz
+</screen>
+
+    or from a Nix expression:
+
+<screen>
+$ nix-prefetch-url -A nix-repl.src
+</screen>
+
+    </para>
+
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>The builtin function
+    <function>&lt;nix/fetchurl.nix></function> now supports
+    downloading and unpacking NARs. This removes the need to have
+    multiple downloads in the Nixpkgs stdenv bootstrap process (like a
+    separate busybox binary for Linux, or curl/mkdir/sh/bzip2 for
+    Darwin). Now all those files can be combined into a single NAR,
+    optionally compressed using <command>xz</command>.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Nix now supports SHA-512 hashes for verifying fixed-output
+    derivations, and in <function>builtins.hashString</function>.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The new flag <option>--option build-repeat
+      <replaceable>N</replaceable></option> will cause every build to
+      be executed <replaceable>N</replaceable>+1 times. If the build
+      output differs between any round, the build is rejected, and the
+      output paths are not registered as valid. This is primarily
+      useful to verify build determinism. (We already had a
+      <option>--check</option> option to repeat a previously succeeded
+      build. However, with <option>--check</option>, non-deterministic
+      builds are registered in the DB. Preventing that is useful for
+      Hydra to ensure that non-deterministic builds don't end up
+      getting published to the binary cache.)
+    </para>
+  </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>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para><command>nix-env -qa --xml --meta</command> now prints
+    license information.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>The maximum number of parallel TCP connections that the
+    binary cache substituter will use has been decreased from 150 to
+    25. This should prevent upsetting some broken NAT routers, and
+    also improves performance.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>The Nix language now supports floating point numbers. They are
+    based on regular C++ <literal>float</literal> and compatible with
+    existing integers and number-related operations. Export and import to and
+    from JSON and XML works, too.
+  </para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>All "chroot"-containing strings got renamed to "sandbox".
+      In particular, some Nix options got renamed, but the old names
+      are still accepted as lower-priority aliases.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<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>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6864b3f55d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<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-1.12">
+
+<title>Release 1.12 (TBA)</title>
+
+<para>This release has the following new features:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>It is no longer necessary to set the
+    <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> environment variable if you need to use
+    the Nix daemon. Nix will use the daemon automatically if you don’t
+    have write access to the Nix database.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>This release has contributions from TBD.</para>
+
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.2.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.2.xml
index 6c05444ff76e..dc272c420ddb 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.2.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.2.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.2">
 
-<title>Release 1.2 (December 6, 2012)</title>
+<title>Release 1.2 (2012-12-06)</title>
 
 <para>This release has the following improvements and changes:</para>
 
@@ -154,4 +154,4 @@ $ mount -o remount,ro,bind /nix/store
 <para>This release has contributions from Eelco Dolstra, Florian
 Friesdorf, Mats Erik Andersson and Shea Levy.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.3.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.3.xml
index 04169ed01b82..e2009ee3ba4b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.3.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.3.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.3">
 
-<title>Release 1.3 (January 4, 2013)</title>
+<title>Release 1.3 (2013-01-04)</title>
 
 <para>This is primarily a bug fix release.  When this version is first
 run on Linux, it removes any immutable bits from the Nix store and
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ efficient.)</para>
 <para>This release has contributions from Eelco Dolstra and Stuart
 Pernsteiner.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml
index d48e43f21c1b..aefb22f2b934 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.4">
 
-<title>Release 1.4 (February 26, 2013)</title>
+<title>Release 1.4 (2013-02-26)</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
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/5526a282b5b44e9296e61e07d7d2626a
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.1.xml
index 046960313ffd..035c8dbcbb16 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.1.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.1.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.5.1">
 
-<title>Release 1.5.1 (February 28, 2013)</title>
+<title>Release 1.5.1 (2013-02-28)</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>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.2.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.2.xml
index d2f53bbdc0bd..7e81dd243284 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.2.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.2.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.5.2">
 
-<title>Release 1.5.2 (May 13, 2013)</title>
+<title>Release 1.5.2 (2013-05-13)</title>
 
 <para>This is primarily a bug fix release.  It has contributions from
 Eelco Dolstra, Lluís Batlle i Rossell and Shea Levy.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.xml
index 84e0e9024946..8e279d7693e0 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.5.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.5">
 
-<title>Release 1.5 (February 27, 2013)</title>
+<title>Release 1.5 (2013-02-27)</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>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.1.xml
index 1ca4dfebacdc..9ecc52734737 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.1.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.1.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.6.1">
 
-<title>Release 1.6.1 (October 28, 2013)</title>
+<title>Release 1.6.1 (2013-10-28)</title>
 
 <para>This is primarily a bug fix release.  Changes of interest
 are:</para>
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ are:</para>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml
index a3d61faf2b73..580563420949 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.6.0">
 
-<title>Release 1.6 (September 10, 2013)</title>
+<title>Release 1.6 (2013-09-10)</title>
 
 <para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has several new
 features:</para>
@@ -124,4 +124,4 @@ in pkgs.bar
 Florian Friesdorf, Gergely Risko, Ivan Kozik, Ludovic Courtès and Shea
 Levy.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.7.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.7.xml
index a9863b99cba0..44ecaa78da5f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.7.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.7.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.7">
 
-<title>Release 1.7 (April 11, 2014)</title>
+<title>Release 1.7 (2014-04-11)</title>
 
 <para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has the
 following new features:</para>
@@ -260,4 +260,4 @@ error: attribute `nixUnstabl' missing, at /etc/nixos/configurations/misc/eelco/m
 Eelco Dolstra, Ian-Woo Kim, Ludovic Courtès, Maxim Ivanov, Petr
 Rockai, Ricardo M. Correia and Shea Levy.</para>
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.8.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.8.xml
index e551ee06055f..48caac2c6b60 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.8.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.8.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.8">
 
-<title>Release 1.8 (December 14, 2014)</title>
+<title>Release 1.8 (2014-12-14)</title>
 
 <itemizedlist>
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $ nix-store -l $(which xterm)
   <listitem><para><command>nix-copy-closure</command> now uses
   <command>nix-store --serve</command> on the remote side to send or
   receive closures. This fixes a race condition between
-  <command>nix-copy-closureE</command> and the garbage
+  <command>nix-copy-closure</command> and the garbage
   collector.</para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para>Derivations can specify the new special attribute
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml
index 9987226ff769..c8406bd2077c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.9">
 
-<title>Release 1.9 (June 12, 2015)</title>
+<title>Release 1.9 (2015-06-12)</title>
 
 <para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has the
 following new features:</para>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ $ nix-shell -p pan -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/
       <listitem><para>In <command>nixos-rebuild</command> (on NixOS):
 
 <screen>
-$ nixos-rebuild test -I nixpkgs=nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz
+$ nixos-rebuild test -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz
 </screen>
 
       </para></listitem>