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* Add `--help' flag; fixes NIX-5.
* Add `--remove' flag; fixes NIX-6.
* Add `--list' flag.
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* Use the new patch downloader.
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* Accept the NarHash line.
* Clear substitutes in `nix-channel --update'.
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$(localstatedir)/nix/gcroots/channels).
* In setuid installations, create gcroots/tmp and gcroots/channels
group-writable.
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Nix expressions.
To subscribe to a channel (needs to be done only once):
nix-channel --add \
http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
This just adds the given URL to ~/.nix-channels (which can also be
edited manually).
To update from all channels:
nix-channel --update
This fetches the latest expressions and pulls cache manifests. The
default Nix expression (~/.nix-defexpr) is made to point to the
conjunction of the expressions downloaded from all channels.
So to update all installed derivations in the current user
environment:
nix-channel --update
nix-env --upgrade '*'
If you are really courageous, you can put this in a cronjob or
something.
You can subscribe to multiple channels. It is not entirely clear
what happens when there are name clashes between derivations from
different channels. From nix-env/main.cc it appears that the one
with the lowest (highest?) hash will be used, which is pretty
meaningless.
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