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2009-07-10 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2009-06-13 * Canonicalise timestamps in the Nix store to 1 (1970-01-01 00:00:01Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
UTC) rather than 0 (00:00:00). 1 is a better choice because some programs use 0 as a special value. For instance, the Template Toolkit uses a timestamp of 0 to denote the non-existence of a file, so it barfs on files in the Nix store (see template-toolkit-nix-store.patch in Nixpkgs). Similarly, Maya 2008 fails to load script directories with a timestamp of 0 and can't be patched because it's closed source. This will also shut up those "implausibly old time stamp" GNU tar warnings.
2008-11-19 * Patterns.Eelco Dolstra1-31/+73
2008-08-05 * Moved some stuff to the Nixpkgs manual.Eelco Dolstra1-162/+0
* Updated the release notes.
2008-06-09 * Updated some URLs (did this a long time ago but forgot toEelco Dolstra1-2/+2
commit...).
2007-12-30 * Documented indented string literals.Eelco Dolstra1-3/+71
* Release notes.
2007-12-04 * component -> package.Eelco Dolstra1-33/+32
2007-11-01 * Documented some of the more obscure derivation attributes (includingEelco Dolstra1-6/+233
fixed-output derivations).
2007-10-22 * Move list of built-in functions to a separate file.Eelco Dolstra1-583/+3
2007-10-22 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-15/+14
2007-10-22 Added comment telling about setup-hook and propagatedBuildInputsMarc Weber1-3/+12
2007-09-02 explanation what happens when passing true / false and null values to ↵Marc Weber1-0/+4
derivation builders added
2006-12-12 * New built-in function `builtins.attrNames' that returns theEelco Dolstra1-0/+18
names of the attributes in an attribute set.
2006-10-26 * Typo reported by Arie Middelkoop.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+3
* Left out close-quote in example.
2006-10-11 * Removed URIs from the evaluator (NIX-66). They are now just anotherEelco Dolstra1-5/+9
kind of notation for strings.
2006-10-05 * Documented nix-instantiate --xml, --strict.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
* Added an example to the nix-build section.
2006-10-05 * Documented --attr / -A.Eelco Dolstra1-3/+10
2006-10-05 * Document --arg.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+2
2006-10-04 * Strings.Eelco Dolstra1-4/+59
2006-10-04 * Explanation of toXML example.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+44
2006-10-04 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-5/+2
2006-10-03 * An example of using toXML to pass structured information to aEelco Dolstra1-3/+76
builder and generate a Jetty configuration file with XSLT.
2006-10-03 * Document the built-in functions.Eelco Dolstra1-19/+491
2006-10-02 * Document the new let.Eelco Dolstra1-42/+26
2006-10-02 * Manual updates (especially how nix-build makes testing packages muchEelco Dolstra1-66/+52
easier; no longer need a helper expression).
2006-09-29 * Manual updates, some style improvements.Eelco Dolstra1-16/+16
2006-09-27 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+0
2006-08-21 * Convert to DocBook 5.Eelco Dolstra1-37/+42
* Use Jing for RelaxNG validation, xmllint seems buggy.
2005-09-28 * Use "source" instead of ".".Eelco Dolstra1-4/+4
2005-09-14 * Release notes in Docbook; ASCII release notes (i.e., the `NEWS'Eelco Dolstra1-0/+5
file) is now generated from that using `w3m' and some XSL hackery.
2005-04-10 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2005-04-07 * More manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+2
2005-04-07 * Build hook documentation.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
* nix-store options.
2005-04-05 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2005-03-15 * XInclude all the way.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2005-01-12 * NEWS and manual update for release 0.7.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+11
2004-12-17 * Typo: genericBuilder -> genericBuild.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2004-11-14 * More manual fixes.Eelco Dolstra1-33/+30
2004-11-09 * Typos.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2004-11-07 * Documented the standard environment, including the generic builder.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+250
2004-11-07 * Everything you always wanted to know about functions and derivationsEelco Dolstra1-3/+202
but were afraid to ask.
2004-11-07 * Operators, comments.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+123
2004-11-07 * Lets, inheritance, assertions.Eelco Dolstra1-10/+171
2004-11-05 * Typo fix.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-11-05 * Generic builders.Eelco Dolstra1-5/+84
2004-11-05 * Start of language reference.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+228
2004-11-05 * Finished GNU Hello walkthrough.Eelco Dolstra1-9/+291
2004-11-04 * Manual: writing Nix expressions.Eelco Dolstra1-114/+189
2004-10-18 * Instead of — use the actual Unicode character. By the way, toEelco Dolstra1-3/+3
edit the manual, you should have something like (modify-coding-system-alist 'file "\\.xml\\>" 'utf-8) in your ~/.emacs.
2004-10-14 * Split overview chapter into a chapter on package management and aEelco Dolstra1-0/+148
chapter on writing Nix expressions.