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2019-08-02 Tweak min-free/max-free descriptionsEelco Dolstra1-5/+9
2019-07-19 docs: document balancing cores and max-jobsGraham Christensen3-2/+128
2019-07-06 Merge pull request #2882 from grahamc/docs/1115-tarball-ttlEelco Dolstra2-2/+27
tarball-ttl: document
2019-07-05 tarball-ttl: documentGraham Christensen2-2/+27
Incorporates text from Niklas Hambüchen in #2978 Closes #1115
2019-07-03 Merge branch 'autoconf-ubuntu-16.04-fixes' of https://github.com/nh2/nixEelco Dolstra1-1/+5
2019-07-03 autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04.Niklas Hambüchen1-1/+1
And probably many other distributions. Until now, ./configure would fail silently printing a warning ./configure: line 4621: AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_17: command not found and then continuing, later failing with a C++ #error saying that some C++11 feature isn't supported (it didn't even get to the C++17 features). This is because older distributions don't come with the `AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_17` m4 macro. This commit vendors that macro accordingly. Now ./configure complains correctly: configure: error: *** A compiler with support for C++17 language features is required. On Ubuntu 16.04, ./configure completes if a newer compiler is used, e.g. with gcc-7 from https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test using: ./bootstrap.sh ./configure CXX=g++-7 --disable-doc-gen --with-boost=$(nix-build --no-link '<nixpkgs>' -A boost.dev)
2019-07-03 autoconf: Work around editline not being found on Ubuntu 16.04.Niklas Hambüchen1-0/+4
And probably other Linux distributions with long-term support releases. Also update manual stating what version is needed; I checked that 1.14 is the oldest version with which current nix compiles, and added autoconf feature checks for some functions added in that release that nix uses.
2019-07-02 Merge pull request #2779 from LnL7/build-exit-codesEelco Dolstra1-0/+42
build: add exit code for hash and check mismatches
2019-07-02 Merge pull request #2724 from LnL7/manpage-add-fixedEelco Dolstra1-0/+54
nix-store: document --add-fixed
2019-07-02 Merge pull request #2582 from LnL7/fetchgit-refsEelco Dolstra3-0/+38
fetchGit: allow fetching explicit refs
2019-07-02 nix-store: document --add-fixedDaiderd Jordan1-0/+54
2019-07-02 builtins.fetchGit: document absolute ref supportGraham Christensen3-0/+38
2019-07-02 build: replace 100 offset for build exit codesDaiderd Jordan1-2/+9
2019-07-02 nix-store: document exit codesDaiderd Jordan1-0/+35
2019-06-25 nix-channel: Don't fetch binary-cache-urlEelco Dolstra1-18/+5
This has been ignored since the Perl->C++ rewrite.
2019-06-20 Nix uses the CPP SDK, not JavaBruno Bieth1-2/+2
2019-06-04 Minor typoJorisE1-1/+1
2019-05-21 doc: clarify that optional attrs in a function argument will be ignored ↵Maximilian Bosch1-1/+19
unless specified In `args@{ a ? 1 }: /* ... */` the value `a` won't be a part of `args` unless it's specified when calling the function, the default value will be ignored in this case. My personal point of view is that this behavior is a matter of taste, at least I was pretty sure that unmatched arguments will be a part of `args@` while debugging some Nix code last week. I decided to add a warning to the docs which hopefully reduces the confusion of further Nix developers who thought the same about `args@`.
2019-05-17 docs: describe $IN_NIX_SHELL values (#2796)Vladimír Čunát1-1/+2
See commit 1bffd83e1a9
2019-05-12 Clarify where output from the diff hook goes.Graham Christensen1-4/+5
2019-05-12 diff hook: execute as the build user, and pass the temp dirGraham Christensen2-14/+18
2019-05-12 build: run diff-hook under --check and document diff-hookGraham Christensen3-4/+285
2019-05-08 Merge pull request #2765 from nh2/manual-nixpkgs-wordEelco Dolstra1-3/+3
manual: "Nix Package collection" -> "Nixpkgs package collection".
2019-05-03 Add builtins.hashFileDaniel Schaefer1-0/+13
For text files it is possible to do it like so: `builtins.hashString "sha256" (builtins.readFile /tmp/a)` but that doesn't work for binary files. With builtins.hashFile any kind of file can be conveniently hashed.
2019-04-14 manual: "Nix Package collection" -> "Nixpkgs package collection".Niklas Hambüchen1-3/+3
Makes difference between Nix and Nixpkgs clearer to avoid some common confusion this sentence on IRC. Also disambiguate an "it" reference.
2019-03-31 docs: Mention `--max-jobs 0` to build remotely onlyNiklas Hambüchen2-2/+13
2019-03-25 manual: mention the "channel:" shorthand for NIX_PATHDmitry Kalinkin1-2/+7
Bumped to 15.09 because older channels, when downloaded from nixos.org, require firefox to be accessed via `pkgs.firefox`
2019-03-24 Add isPath primopzimbatm1-0/+8
this is added for completeness' sake since all the other possible `builtins.typeOf` results have a corresponding `builtins.is<Type>`
2019-03-21 manual: include builtins.* for globally available builtinsLinus Heckemann1-0/+17
This improves searchability.
2019-03-16 Link to `builders-use-substitutes` in chapter on distributed buildsJoachim Breitner1-0/+4
fixes #2730.
2019-03-14 docs: fix typo in AllowDirectReadsAndreas Rammhold1-1/+1
It was just missing an `l` but should be fixed anyway.
2019-03-01 manual nitpick: document sha512 support in hashStringVladimír Čunát1-2/+2
2019-01-23 nix-store: make --dump-db take a list of paths to dumpSpencer Baugh1-0/+8
Inside a derivation, exportReferencesGraph already provides a way to dump the Nix database for a specific closure. On the command line, --dump-db gave us the same information, but only for the entire Nix database at once. With this change, one can now pass a list of paths to --dump-db to get the Nix database dumped for just those paths. (The user is responsible for ensuring this is a closure, like for --export). Among other things, this is useful for deploying a closure to a new host without using --import/--export; one can use tar to transfer the store paths, and --dump-db/--load-db to transfer the validity information. This is useful if the new host doesn't actually have Nix yet, and the closure that is being deployed itself contains Nix.
2019-01-20 Merge pull request #2635 from veprbl/patch-7Domen Kožar1-1/+2
manual: "sandbox" option default is "true" on Linux
2019-01-19 manual: "sandbox" option default is "true" on LinuxDmitry Kalinkin1-1/+2
Fixes: 812e39313c ('Enable sandboxing by default')
2019-01-18 Update instructions for Haskell script using nix-shell interpreterSamuel Evans-Powell1-1/+1
- The instructions for using nix-shell as an interpreter has a Haskell script example that doesn't work on more recent versions of Nix. Update the instructions with a working command
2019-01-10 Add 2.2 release notesEelco Dolstra1-4/+118
2019-01-07 Don't look for a "pv" program, or mention it in the manual sourceJohn Ericson1-9/+0
The manual reference was commented out, and the sole reference to this program other than the configure script. Removed both.
2018-12-14 Clarify nix-instantiate --read-write-modePatrick Hilhorst1-1/+3
2018-12-13 Merge pull request #2569 from veprbl/pr/update_prerequisitesEelco Dolstra1-0/+19
docs: add missing prerequisites: brotli, boost, libseccomp
2018-12-13 docs: raise minimal boost version to 1.66Dmitry Kalinkin1-1/+1
2018-12-10 docs: add missing prerequisites: brotli, boost, libseccompDmitry Kalinkin1-0/+19
2018-12-08 s3: document scheme query parameterDaiderd Jordan1-1/+13
2018-11-13 Merge branch 'feature/editline-pr' of https://github.com/dtzWill/nixEelco Dolstra1-6/+0
2018-11-13 manual: quote $servletsFelix C. Stegerman1-1/+1
2018-11-12 fix typo (s/gift/git/)Felix C. Stegerman1-2/+2
2018-11-09 Manual: build locally -> buildEelco Dolstra1-2/+1
2018-11-09 UrghEelco Dolstra3-20/+4
2018-11-08 Fix manual buildLinus Heckemann1-1/+1
This was broken by some missing closing tags in 0bea4a50e03
2018-11-08 Merge pull request #2524 from domenkozar/deprecate-toPathEelco Dolstra1-23/+6
Deprecate builtins.toPath