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2006-12-08 * Kill a build if it has gone for more than a certain number ofEelco Dolstra1-0/+6
seconds without producing output on stdout or stderr (NIX-65). This timeout can be specified using the `--max-silent-time' option or the `build-max-silent-time' configuration setting. The default is infinity (0). * Fix a tricky race condition: if we kill the build user before the child has done its setuid() to the build user uid, then it won't be killed, and we'll potentially lock up in pid.wait(). So also send a conventional kill to the child.
2006-10-31 * Oops, `nix-build --no-out-link' was broken.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2006-10-19 * nix-build: check the exit status of `nix-store -r'.Eelco Dolstra1-4/+6
2006-08-04 * Use old-school pipe opens; the new style is Perl >= 5.8.0.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+3
2006-08-01 * Better error checking.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2006-07-28 * `nix-instantiate ... --arg NAME VALUE': allow arguments to be passedEelco Dolstra1-2/+10
to functions from the command line. * nix-build: started removing backticks.
2006-03-14 * Allow the resulting symlink of nix-build to be named, e.g.,Eelco Dolstra1-9/+31
$ nix-build .../i686-linux.nix -A apacheHttpd -o apache
2006-03-03 * More online help.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+15
2006-03-03 * Rewrote nix-build in Perl, since sh is just too limited (turns outEelco Dolstra1-78/+87
that arrays are a bash extension, so it didn't work on FreeBSD). Also fixes NIX-8 (readlink(1) dependency).
2006-02-10 * Enable the --attr in nix-build as well (and add -A as an alias).Eelco Dolstra1-6/+15
Example: $ nix-build ./all-packages.nix -A xlibs.libX11 So finally it's easy to perform a test build of a Nix expression!
2005-07-13 * nix-build: default to `./default.nix' if no paths are specified.Eelco Dolstra1-28/+38
So when using Nix as a build tool, you can just say `nix-build' and it will build the top-level derivation defined in `default.nix'.
2005-02-01 * Remove debug code.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2005-02-01 * nix-build: use an indirection scheme to make it easier for users toEelco Dolstra1-17/+28
get rid of GC roots. Nix-build places a symlink `result' in the current directory. Previously, removing that symlink would not remove the store path being linked to as a GC root. Now, the GC root created by nix-build is actually a symlink in `/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto' to `result'. So if that symlink is removed the GC root automatically becomes invalid (since it can no longer be resolved). The root itself is not automatically removed - the garbage collector should delete dangling roots.
2005-02-01 * nix-store, nix-instantiate: added an option `--add-root' toEelco Dolstra1-2/+9
immediately add the result as a permanent GC root. This is the only way to prevent a race with the garbage collector. For instance, the old style ln -s $(nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate foo.nix)) \ /nix/var/nix/gcroots/result has two time windows in which the garbage collector can interfere (by GC'ing the derivation and the output, respectively). On the other hand, nix-store --add-root /nix/var/nix/gcroots/result -r \ $(nix-instantiate --add-root /nix/var/nix/gcroots/drv \ foo.nix) is safe. * nix-build: use `--add-root' to prevent GC races.
2005-01-27 * Fix and simplify the garbage collector (it's still not concurrent,Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
though). In particular it's now much easier to register a GC root. Just place a symlink to whatever store path it is that you want to keep in /nix/var/nix/gcroots.
2005-01-14 * Use absolute paths.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2004-12-20 * Place manifests in /nix/var/nix/manifests.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+0
* Use the new patch downloader.
2004-10-31 * Fix `File exists' errors if the `result' symlink exists but isEelco Dolstra1-5/+4
dangling.
2004-08-18 * Flag `--no-link' suppresses symlinking to the output path.Eelco Dolstra1-11/+19
* Handle multiple derivations correctly.
2004-07-28 * Nix-build places a symlink `result' in the current directory to theEelco Dolstra1-1/+10
store object just built.
2004-06-22 * Nix-instantiate can return multiple store expressions.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+3
2004-06-22 * A utility script `nix-build' that builds Nix expressions and printsEelco Dolstra1-0/+23
their output paths (and only that) on standard output.