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diff --git a/third_party/nix/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml b/third_party/nix/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6f95db4367 --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/nix/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.7.xml @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +<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="ch-relnotes-0.7"> + +<title>Release 0.7 (2005-01-12)</title> + +<itemizedlist> + + <listitem><para>Binary patching. When upgrading components using + pre-built binaries (through nix-pull / nix-channel), Nix can + automatically download and apply binary patches to already installed + components instead of full downloads. Patching is “smart”: if there + is a <emphasis>sequence</emphasis> of patches to an installed + component, Nix will use it. Patches are currently generated + automatically between Nixpkgs (pre-)releases.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Simplifications to the substitute + mechanism.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Nix-pull now stores downloaded manifests in + <filename>/nix/var/nix/manifests</filename>.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Metadata on files in the Nix store is canonicalised + after builds: the last-modified timestamp is set to 0 (00:00:00 + 1/1/1970), the mode is set to 0444 or 0555 (readable and possibly + executable by all; setuid/setgid bits are dropped), and the group is + set to the default. This ensures that the result of a build and an + installation through a substitute is the same; and that timestamp + dependencies are revealed.</para></listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +</section> |