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2004-08-25 * `--min-age' flag in nix-store and nix-collect-garbage to only deleteEelco Dolstra1-4/+12
unreachable paths that haven't been used for N hours. For instance, `nix-collect-garbage --min-age 168' only deletes paths that haven't been accessed in the last week. This is useful for instance in the build farm where many derivations can be shared between consecutive builds, and we wouldn't want a garbage collect to throw them all away. We could of course register them as roots, but then we'd to unregister them at some point, which would be a pain to manage. The `--min-age' flag gives us a sort of MRU caching scheme. BUG: this really shouldn't be in gc.cc since that violates mechanism/policy separation.
2004-08-25 * `nix-collect-garbage' now actually performs a garbage collection, itEelco Dolstra1-31/+13
doesn't just print the set of paths that should be deleted. So there is no more need to pipe the result into `nix-store --delete' (which doesn't even exist anymore).
2004-08-20 * Setuid support for sharing a Nix installation between multipleEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
users. If the configure flag `--enable-setuid' is used, the Nix programs nix-env, nix-store, etc. are installed with the setuid bit turned on so that they are executed as the user and group specified by `--with-nix-user=USER' and `--with-nix-group=GROUP', respectively (with defaults `nix' and `nix'). The setuid programs drop all special privileges if they are executed by a user who is not a member of the Nix group. The setuid feature is a quick hack to enable sharing of a Nix installation between users who trust each other. It is not generally secure, since any user in the Nix group can modify (by building an appropriate derivation) any object in the store, and for instance inject trojans into binaries used by other users. The setuid programs are owned by root, not the Nix user. This is because on Unix normal users cannot change the real uid, only the effective uid. Many programs don't work properly when the real uid differs from the effective uid. For instance, Perl will turn on taint mode. However, the setuid programs drop all root privileges immediately, changing all uids and gids to the Nix user and group.
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 Dolstra2-6/+30
their output paths (and only that) on standard output.
2004-06-21 * Adapted nix-pull to use the new substitute mechanism.Eelco Dolstra3-57/+45
2004-04-22 * Look for GC roots in @localstatedir@/nix/gcroots.Eelco Dolstra1-19/+53
2004-04-21 * Channels. These allow you to stay current with an evolving set ofEelco Dolstra4-47/+146
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.
2004-04-15 * Allow extra parameters to be passed to Curl through the `CURL_FLAGS'Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
environment variable. This is useful for passing authentication information (it won't show up in `ps'). Hacky - nix-push should abstract over the use of Curl.
2004-04-14 * `*.gcroot' files can now containing multiple roots.Eelco Dolstra1-3/+7
2004-04-06 * Distributed the wrong file.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+1
2004-04-06 * Switched from wget to curl.Eelco Dolstra6-21/+27
* Made the dependencies on bzip2 and the shell explicit.
2004-03-15 * Make perl a dependency of Nix.Eelco Dolstra5-5/+5
2004-02-20 * Use $(storedir) instead of $(prefix)/store.Eelco Dolstra2-3/+3
2004-02-13 * Only include predecessors that are themselves being pushed.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+6
Otherwise the substitute mechanism can break in subtle ways.
2004-02-10 * Lots of manual stuff. Reference pages for most Nix commands.Eelco Dolstra3-3/+3
* nix-pull now requires the full url to the manifest, i.e., `/MANIFEST/' is no longer automatically appended. * nix-prefetch-url works again.
2004-02-06 * Improvements to profiles. Generations are now per-profile, e.g.,Eelco Dolstra2-4/+4
default -> default-94-link default-82-link -> /nix/store/cc4480... default-83-link -> /nix/store/caeec8... ... default-94-link -> /nix/store/2896ca... experimental -> experimental-2-link experimental-1-link -> /nix/store/cc4480... experimental-2-link -> /nix/store/a3148f... * `--profile' / `-p' -> `--switch-profile' / `-S' * `--link' / `-l' -> `--profile' / `-p' * The default profile is stored in $prefix/var/nix/profiles. $prefix/var/nix/links is gone. Profiles can be stored anywhere. * The current profile is now referenced from ~/.nix-profile, not ~/.nix-userenv. * The roots to the garbage collector now have extension `.gcroot', not `.id'.
2004-01-16 * Test whether the symlink, not its target, exists.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2004-01-16 * Doh! Edited `readmanifest.pm' instead of `readmanifest.pm.in'.Eelco Dolstra2-11/+11
2004-01-14 * Synchronous `nix-pull' with `nix-push'.Eelco Dolstra2-2/+2
* Use curl instead of wget.
2004-01-14 * Improved `nix-push': it now uses HTTP PUT (instead of rsync) to copyEelco Dolstra2-50/+85
files. Target location is no longer hard-coded; it accepts a number of URLs on the command line. * `nix-install-package': compatibility fixes.
2004-01-05 * Implemented Eelco V.'s `-p' command to switch profiles. It switchesEelco Dolstra1-18/+9
the symlink ~/.nix-userenv to the given argument (which defaults to .../links/current). /etc/profile.d/nix-profile creates this symlink if it doesn't exist yet. Example use: $ nix-env -l my_profile -i foo.nix subversion quake $ nix-env -p my_profile I don't like the term "profile". Let's deprecate it :-)
2003-12-30 * RPM spec file.Eelco Dolstra1-6/+6
* Respect DESTDIR variable.
2003-12-21 * Missing semicolons.Eelco Dolstra2-4/+4
2003-12-05 * Refactoring: put the manifest-reading code in a separate file.Eelco Dolstra3-89/+113
2003-12-04 * Fix for too long command lines when calling `nix-storeMartin Bravenboer1-4/+16
--register-[substitutes|successors].
2003-12-01 * Bug fix in nix-push.Eelco Dolstra1-19/+19
2003-12-01 * Help text for all (non-script) programs, so no more:Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
$ nix-instantiate --help error: unknown flag `--help` Try `nix-instantiate --help' for more information. :-)
2003-12-01 * Use a system name that does not include the OS manufacturer (i.e.,Eelco Dolstra3-4/+4
"i686-linux" instead of "i686-suse-linux").
2003-11-24 * One-click installation :-)Eelco Dolstra3-73/+123
The script nix-install-package takes a `Nix package file' (which contains one or more derivations, along with URLs of Nix caches), unpacks it, pulls the caches, and installs the derivations in the user's environment. For best results, associate the command `xterm -e /nix/bin/nix-install-package' with the MIME type `application/x-nix-package' and visit http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~eelco/test/.
2003-11-24 * Fix nix-pull.Eelco Dolstra1-21/+15
2003-11-24 * Get rid of tab characters.Eelco Dolstra1-62/+62
2003-11-22 * Fix nix-push.Eelco Dolstra1-36/+32
2003-11-22 * Maintain integrity of the substitute and successor mappings whenEelco Dolstra3-100/+16
deleting a path in the store. * Allow absolute paths in Nix expressions. * Get nix-prefetch-url to work again. * Various other fixes.
2003-11-22 * Fix the garbage collector.Eelco Dolstra1-3/+18
2003-10-27 * Don't cache the manifest.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2003-10-20 * NarPath -> NarName.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2003-10-16 * Remove some debug output.Eelco Dolstra1-4/+1
2003-10-16 * Substitutes and nix-pull now work again.Eelco Dolstra1-60/+91
* Fixed a segfault caused by the buffering of stderr. * Fix now allows the specification of the full output path. This should be used with great care, since it by-passes the normal hash generation. * Incremented the version number to 0.4 (prerelease).
2003-10-16 * Get nix-push to work again.Eelco Dolstra1-32/+78
* Fixed svn:ignore on externals/.
2003-10-15 * Keep sources (derivation expression) by default, `--no-source' toEelco Dolstra1-2/+2
override.
2003-10-09 * Follow successors by default (use `--no-successors' to override).Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2003-10-09 * Fixed nix-switch.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2003-10-07 * Synchronise terminology with the ICSE paper (e.g., slice -> closure,Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
fstate -> Nix expression). * Fix src/test.cc.
2003-10-02 * Use passive FTP in wget.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2003-08-28 * nix-push generated invalid (old-style) slices.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
* nar.sh needs a path.
2003-08-25 * Don't continue when the call to nix fails.Eelco Dolstra1-3/+11
2003-08-15 * A script `nix-prefetch-url' to fetch a URL, place it in the NixEelco Dolstra3-4/+54
store, and print its hash.
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