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diff --git a/third_party/nix/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.2.xml b/third_party/nix/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.2.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d29eb87e82 --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/nix/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.2.xml @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +<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 (2019-01-11)</title> + +<para>This is primarily a bug fix release. It also has the following +changes:</para> + +<itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>In derivations that use structured attributes (i.e. that + specify set the <varname>__structuredAttrs</varname> attribute to + <literal>true</literal> to cause all attributes to be passed to + the builder in JSON format), you can now specify closure checks + per output, e.g.: + +<programlisting> +outputChecks."out" = { + # The closure of 'out' must not be larger than 256 MiB. + maxClosureSize = 256 * 1024 * 1024; + + # It must not refer to C compiler or to the 'dev' output. + disallowedRequisites = [ stdenv.cc "dev" ]; +}; + +outputChecks."dev" = { + # The 'dev' output must not be larger than 128 KiB. + maxSize = 128 * 1024; +}; +</programlisting> + + </para> + </listitem> + + + <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> + + <para>By default, <varname>system-features</varname> includes + <literal>kvm</literal> if <filename>/dev/kvm</filename> + exists. For compatibility, it also includes the pseudo-features + <literal>nixos-test</literal>, <literal>benchmark</literal> and + <literal>big-parallel</literal> which are used by Nixpkgs to route + builds to particular Hydra build machines.</para> + + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sandbox builds are now enabled by default on Linux.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The new command <command>nix doctor</command> shows + potential issues with your Nix installation.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The <literal>fetchGit</literal> builtin function now uses a + caching scheme that puts different remote repositories in distinct + local repositories, rather than a single shared repository. This + may require more disk space but is faster.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The <literal>dirOf</literal> builtin function now works on + relative paths.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Nix now supports <link + xlink:href="https://www.w3.org/TR/SRI/">SRI hashes</link>, + allowing the hash algorithm and hash to be specified in a single + string. For example, you can write: + +<programlisting> +import <nix/fetchurl.nix> { + url = https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-2.1.3/nix-2.1.3.tar.xz; + hash = "sha256-XSLa0FjVyADWWhFfkZ2iKTjFDda6mMXjoYMXLRSYQKQ="; +}; +</programlisting> + + instead of + +<programlisting> +import <nix/fetchurl.nix> { + url = https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-2.1.3/nix-2.1.3.tar.xz; + sha256 = "5d22dad058d5c800d65a115f919da22938c50dd6ba98c5e3a183172d149840a4"; +}; +</programlisting> + + </para> + + <para>In fixed-output derivations, the + <varname>outputHashAlgo</varname> attribute is no longer mandatory + if <varname>outputHash</varname> specifies the hash.</para> + + <para><command>nix hash-file</command> and <command>nix + hash-path</command> now print hashes in SRI format by + default. They also use SHA-256 by default instead of SHA-512 + because that's what we use most of the time in Nixpkgs.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Integers are now 64 bits on all platforms.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The evaluator now prints profiling statistics (enabled via + the <envar>NIX_SHOW_STATS</envar> and + <envar>NIX_COUNT_CALLS</envar> environment variables) in JSON + format.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The option <option>--xml</option> in <command>nix-store + --query</command> has been removed. Instead, there now is an + option <option>--graphml</option> to output the dependency graph + in GraphML format.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>All <filename>nix-*</filename> commands are now symlinks to + <filename>nix</filename>. This saves a bit of disk space.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><command>nix repl</command> now uses + <literal>libeditline</literal> or + <literal>libreadline</literal>.</para> + </listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +</section> + |