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2012-10-03 Rename nix-worker to nix-daemonEelco Dolstra1-5/+5
2012-09-25 Document that Nix requires GNU MakeEelco Dolstra1-1/+4
Fixes #44.
2012-05-24 Clean up the installation section; document the generic binary tarballsEelco Dolstra1-96/+148
2012-05-11 Manual updatesEelco Dolstra1-19/+19
2012-04-08 Nix is on github nowShea Levy1-4/+4
2012-03-18 Drop the externals directoryEelco Dolstra1-17/+30
Nix now requires SQLite and bzip2 to be pre-installed. SQLite is detected using pkg-config. We required DBD::SQLite anyway, so depending on SQLite is not a big problem. The --with-bzip2, --with-openssl and --with-sqlite flags are gone.
2011-11-03 * The Nix configuration file is usually /etc/nix/nix.conf.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2011-11-02 * Fix permission on /nix/store in the manual for multi-user installsEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
(reported by Silvio Frischknecht).
2011-03-15 * Fix a bug in the documentation (reported by Olexiy Buyanskyy,Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
Nix/215).
2010-10-29 * Document Boehm GC support.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+7
2010-04-19 * Drop the dependency on the ATerm library.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+6
2010-02-12 * Typo. Reported by Peter Koppstein.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2009-11-06 * Remove support for old (before Nix 0.12pre12020) databases.Eelco Dolstra1-7/+0
2009-11-05 * Various updates.Eelco Dolstra1-21/+31
2008-11-19 * Documented some of the sharing mechanisms. Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2008-11-19 * Remove references to Berkeley DB, including most of theEelco Dolstra1-8/+13
troubleshooting section. W00t.
2008-06-09 * Updated some URLs (did this a long time ago but forgot toEelco Dolstra1-12/+9
commit...).
2007-12-04 * component -> package.Eelco Dolstra1-9/+8
2007-10-31 * Documented multi-user Nix.Eelco Dolstra1-29/+219
2007-05-16 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-42/+76
2007-04-16 * Updated dependency information.Eelco Dolstra1-9/+10
2007-02-05 * Compatibility with docbook5-xsl.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2007-01-15 * Handle multiple indirect symlinks when loading a Nix expression.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+15
2006-10-04 * Weird.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+8
2006-09-29 * Manual.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+14
2006-09-29 * Manual updates, some style improvements.Eelco Dolstra1-15/+17
2006-08-21 * Convert to DocBook 5.Eelco Dolstra1-47/+52
* Use Jing for RelaxNG validation, xmllint seems buggy.
2005-12-24 * Documentation fixes.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2005-10-18 * Oops, that should be Berkeley DB 4.3. Reported by Gerco Ballintijn.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2005-03-16 * Update the user environments figure to show multiple profiles andEelco Dolstra1-2/+2
users. * Change to base-32 hashes.
2004-11-01 * Profiles section.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-10-31 * Document setuid Nix installs.Eelco Dolstra1-6/+45
2004-10-14 * Unindent.Eelco Dolstra1-164/+126
2004-02-06 * Improvements to profiles. Generations are now per-profile, e.g.,Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
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'.
2004-01-30 * Detect flex and bison; updated the manual.Eelco Dolstra1-19/+36
2004-01-20 * Nix Quick Start guide.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-01-20 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-20/+71
* Updated the README. Now it just refers to the manual.
2003-11-27 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2003-11-26 * Updates.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+23
2003-11-26 * Updates.Eelco Dolstra1-28/+68
2003-11-26 * Refactoring.Eelco Dolstra1-9/+9
* Convert tabs to spaces.
2003-08-13 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-4/+5
2003-08-13 * Split the book.xml into several xml files.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+79