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2004-03-15 * Make perl a dependency of Nix.Eelco Dolstra9-7/+15
2004-03-12 * Set the NIX_STORE and NIX_BUILD_TOP environment variables inEelco Dolstra3-3/+19
builders to point to the store and the temporary build directory, respectively. Useful for purity checking. * Also set TEMPDIR, TMPDIR, TEMP, and TEMP to NIX_BUILD_TOP to make sure that tools in the builder store temporary files in the right location.
2004-02-20 * Use $(storedir) instead of $(prefix)/store.Eelco Dolstra3-3/+4
2004-02-19 * Resolve an ambiguity between ifs and attribute selection, e.g., `ifEelco Dolstra1-3/+7
b then x else y.z'.
2004-02-16 * Don't build ATerm library if we don't need to.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+4
2004-02-16 * Allow linking against an external Berkeley DB / ATerm library.Eelco Dolstra11-18/+47
2004-02-16 * Allow the location of the store to be specified (--with-store-dir).Eelco Dolstra4-2/+8
* Do not create stuff in localstatedir when doing `make install' (since we may not have write access). In general, installation of constant code/data should be separate from the initialisation of mutable state.
2004-02-16 * Inherited attributes in recursive attribute sets are in scope of theEelco Dolstra2-10/+18
non-inherited attributes.
2004-02-14 * The environment variable NIX_ROOT can now be set to execute Nix in aEelco Dolstra4-12/+70
chroot() environment. * A operation `--validpath' to register path validity. Useful for bootstrapping in a pure Nix environment. * Safety checks: ensure that files involved in store operations are in the store.
2004-02-13 * Regression fix: realise substitutes and detect cycles.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+8
2004-02-13 * Only include predecessors that are themselves being pushed.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+6
Otherwise the substitute mechanism can break in subtle ways.
2004-02-11 * When creating a new generation, also make the normal form of theEelco Dolstra3-6/+10
derivation (i.e., the closure store expression) a root of the garbage collector. This ensures that running `nix-collect-garbage --no-successors' is safe.
2004-02-10 * Lots of manual stuff. Reference pages for most Nix commands.Eelco Dolstra16-24/+678
* nix-pull now requires the full url to the manifest, i.e., `/MANIFEST/' is no longer automatically appended. * nix-prefetch-url works again.
2004-02-10 * Print what generation we are switching to; honour --dry-run flag.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+5
2004-02-10 * Documented the most important nix-env flags.Eelco Dolstra2-5/+448
2004-02-09 * In `--upgrade': added flags `--lt', `--leq', `--always' to specifyEelco Dolstra4-24/+81
whether we want to upgrade if the current version is less than the available version (default), when it is less or equal, or always. * Added a flag `--dry-run' to show what would happen in `--install', `--uninstall', and `--upgrade', without actually performing the operation.
2004-02-08 * A command `--switch-generation' to switch to a specific generationEelco Dolstra3-0/+71
of the current profile, e.g., $ nix-env --list-generations ... 39 2004-02-02 17:53:53 40 2004-02-02 17:55:18 41 2004-02-02 17:55:41 42 2004-02-02 17:55:50 (current) $ nix-env --switch-generation 39 $ ls -l /nix/var/nix/profiles/default ... default -> default-39-link * Also a command `--rollback' which is just a convenience operation to rollback to the oldest generation younger than the current one. Note that generations properly form a tree. E.g., if after switching to generation 39, we perform an installation action, a generation 43 is created which is a descendant of 39, not 42. So a rollback from 43 ought to go back to 39. This is not currently implemented; generations form a linear sequence.
2004-02-06 * In `--list-generations', show what the current generation is.Eelco Dolstra3-13/+30
2004-02-06 * A command `--list-generations' to show all generations for aEelco Dolstra3-9/+80
profile.
2004-02-06 * More refactoring.Eelco Dolstra4-57/+74
2004-02-06 * Refactoring.Eelco Dolstra4-131/+152
2004-02-06 * Use the profile pointed to by ~/.nix-profile if no --profileEelco Dolstra2-7/+12
argument is specified.
2004-02-06 * Improvements to profiles. Generations are now per-profile, e.g.,Eelco Dolstra10-78/+84
default -> default-94-link default-82-link -> /nix/store/cc4480... default-83-link -> /nix/store/caeec8... ... default-94-link -> /nix/store/2896ca... experimental -> experimental-2-link experimental-1-link -> /nix/store/cc4480... experimental-2-link -> /nix/store/a3148f... * `--profile' / `-p' -> `--switch-profile' / `-S' * `--link' / `-l' -> `--profile' / `-p' * The default profile is stored in $prefix/var/nix/profiles. $prefix/var/nix/links is gone. Profiles can be stored anywhere. * The current profile is now referenced from ~/.nix-profile, not ~/.nix-userenv. * The roots to the garbage collector now have extension `.gcroot', not `.id'.
2004-02-04 * Extended the `inherit' syntax to optionally select attributes fromEelco Dolstra2-8/+18
other attribute sets, rather than the current scope. E.g., {inherit (pkgs) gcc binutils;} is equivalent to {gcc = pkgs.gcc; binutils = pkgs.binutils;} I am not so happy about the syntax.
2004-02-04 * An attribute set update operator (//). E.g.,Eelco Dolstra3-0/+19
{x=1; y=2; z=3;} // {y=4;} => {x=1; y=4; z=3;}
2004-02-04 * Fixed the old envpkgs filename.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-02-04 * Use a map to lookup primops.Eelco Dolstra12-75/+127
* Various performance improvements in the evaluator. * Do not link against unused (and missing!) libraries (-lsglr, etc.).
2004-02-03 * Verify that all variables in a Nix expression are defined.Eelco Dolstra4-21/+92
2004-02-02 * Added syntactic sugar to the construction of attribute sets toEelco Dolstra6-41/+78
`inherit' variables from the surrounding lexical scope. E.g., {stdenv, libfoo}: derivation { builder = ./bla; inherit stdenv libfoo; xyzzy = 1; } is equivalent to {stdenv, libfoo}: derivation { builder = ./bla; stdenv = stdenv; libfoo = libfoo; xyzzy = 1; } Note that for mutually recursive attribute set definitions (`rec {...}'), this also works, that is, `rec {inherit x;}' is equivalent to `let {fresh = x; body = rec {x = fresh;};}', *not* `rec {x = x}'.
2004-02-02 * Sort `nix-env -q' output by derivation name.Eelco Dolstra11-56/+83
* `--version' flag for all commands. * Manual updates.
2004-01-30 * Doh!Eelco Dolstra1-1/+3
2004-01-30 * Parser numbers again.Eelco Dolstra3-2/+6
* Include missing files in distributions.
2004-01-30 * Detect flex and bison; updated the manual.Eelco Dolstra5-54/+48
2004-01-30 * Replaced the SDF parser by a substantially faster Bison/FlexEelco Dolstra6-251/+260
parser (roughly 80x faster). The absolutely latest version of Bison (1.875c) is required for reentrant GLR support, as well as a recent version of Flex (say, 2.5.31). Note that most Unix distributions ship with the prehistoric Flex 2.5.4, which doesn't support reentrancy.
2004-01-29 * Optimised the SDF grammar.Eelco Dolstra2-94/+15
2004-01-22 * Explicitly compute the release name.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+3
2004-01-22 * Typos.Eelco Dolstra2-3/+3
2004-01-22 * Added a note about adding /nix/etc/profile.d/nix.sh to the profile.Eelco Dolstra1-3/+8
2004-01-22 Typos and url losser -> catamaranMartin Bravenboer1-3/+4
2004-01-21 * Extra bit `S' in `--query --status' output: show whether there areEelco Dolstra1-1/+3
any substitutes for the derivation.
2004-01-21 * Fixed a subtle uninitialised variable bug in ATermMaps copied fromEelco Dolstra1-1/+3
ATermMaps. Found thanks to Valgrind!
2004-01-20 * Absolutise the specified path in `--import' and `--profile'.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2004-01-20 * Fixed URL.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-01-20 * Nix Quick Start guide.Eelco Dolstra5-4/+142
2004-01-20 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra4-74/+124
* Updated the README. Now it just refers to the manual.
2004-01-19 * Ignore exit code from strip.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-01-19 * Strip binaries in RPMs.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+1
2004-01-16 * Test whether the symlink, not its target, exists.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-01-16 * Doh! Edited `readmanifest.pm' instead of `readmanifest.pm.in'.Eelco Dolstra2-11/+11
2004-01-15 * Remove debug message.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+0