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2006-10-30 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+14
2006-10-28 * `nix-store --read-log / -l PATH' shows the build log of PATH, ifEelco Dolstra1-0/+17
available. For instance, $ nix-store -l $(which svn) | less lets you read the build log of the Subversion instance in your profile. * `nix-store -qb': if applied to a non-derivation, take the deriver.
2006-10-26 * Typo reported by Arie Middelkoop.Eelco Dolstra2-3/+4
* 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.
2006-10-11 * Merge 0.10.1 release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+12
2006-10-06 * Too lazy to document nix-push --copy.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+3
2006-10-06 * Translate Unicode quote characters to ASCII equivalents whenEelco Dolstra2-12/+16
generating NEWS.txt.
2006-10-06 * Typos etc.Eelco Dolstra2-6/+15
* Set the release date.
2006-10-05 * Document nix-store --delete.Eelco Dolstra2-6/+60
2006-10-05 * Work around a weird bug in the manpage generation.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+1
2006-10-05 * Documented nix-store --dump / --restore.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+74
2006-10-05 * Documented new nix-env options.Eelco Dolstra1-19/+131
2006-10-05 * Documented nix-instantiate --xml, --strict.Eelco Dolstra4-6/+104
* Added an example to the nix-build section.
2006-10-05 * Documented --attr / -A.Eelco Dolstra5-6/+60
2006-10-05 * Document --arg.Eelco Dolstra6-15/+53
2006-10-05 * Manual.Eelco Dolstra2-2/+26
2006-10-04 * Weird.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+8
2006-10-04 * Style tweak.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+7
2006-10-04 * Strings.Eelco Dolstra1-4/+59
2006-10-04 * Explanation of toXML example.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+44
2006-10-04 * Use GIF callouts instead of PNG since the GIFs have transparency.Eelco Dolstra1-3/+7
2006-10-04 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-5/+2
2006-10-04 * Style tweaks.Eelco Dolstra1-6/+12
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 Dolstra3-31/+502
2006-10-02 * Documented nix-hash.Eelco Dolstra5-4/+161
2006-10-02 * Manual.Eelco Dolstra2-44/+59
2006-10-02 * Document the new let.Eelco Dolstra2-42/+29
2006-10-02 * Manual updates (especially how nix-build makes testing packages muchEelco Dolstra5-81/+120
easier; no longer need a helper expression).
2006-10-02 * Manual.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+17
2006-09-29 * One-click installs.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+31
2006-09-29 * Document nix-install-package and the nixpkg file format.Eelco Dolstra5-31/+237
2006-09-29 * Manual.Eelco Dolstra4-6/+70
2006-09-29 * Manual updates, some style improvements.Eelco Dolstra6-52/+74
2006-09-28 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra6-11/+110
* Documented nix-{pack,unpack}-closure.
2006-09-27 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-84/+131
2006-09-27 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra2-42/+100
2006-09-26 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+2
2006-09-12 * "Too many links" error.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+40
2006-09-06 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+29
2006-08-23 * Allow --arg in nix-env as well, example:Eelco Dolstra1-10/+17
$ nix-env -qa --system-filter \* --arg system '"powerpc-darwin"' to override the system from the default value (__currentSystem in all-packages.nix).
2006-08-22 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-13/+132
2006-08-21 * Convert to DocBook 5.Eelco Dolstra23-299/+364
* Use Jing for RelaxNG validation, xmllint seems buggy.
2006-08-01 * Ugh. Darwin's chmod insists that flags come before the modeEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
specification.
2006-07-25 * Doh.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2006-07-25 * Support the --attr / -A flag in nix-env as well. So now we can do,Eelco Dolstra1-0/+3
e.g., $ nix-env -i -A subversion xorg.xorgserver The main advantage over using symbolic names is that using attribute names is unambiguous and much, much faster.
2006-07-20 * Call find-runtime-roots.pl from the garbage collector to preventEelco Dolstra1-0/+3
running applications etc. from being garbage collected.
2006-06-14 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-0/+3
2006-05-31 * For fixed-output derivations, pass the environment variables listedEelco Dolstra1-0/+2
in the attribute variable `impureEnvVars' from the caller to the builder.
2006-05-08 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra2-1/+9