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2015-06-01 Add tarball testsEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2015-06-01 Document tarball downloadingEelco Dolstra1-0/+1
2015-05-06 nix-env/nix-instantiate/nix-build: Support URIsEelco Dolstra1-0/+9
For instance, you can install Firefox from a specific Nixpkgs revision like this: $ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/63def04891a0abc328b1b0b3a78ec02c58f48583.tar.gz -iA firefox Or build a package from the latest nixpkgs-unstable channel: $ nix-build https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz -A hello
2015-05-05 Allow URLs in the Nix search pathEelco Dolstra1-0/+89
E.g. to install "hello" from the latest Nixpkgs: $ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A hello -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz Or to install a specific version of NixOS: $ nixos-rebuild switch -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/63def04891a0abc328b1b0b3a78ec02c58f48583.tar.gz
2015-05-05 Make downloads interruptableEelco Dolstra1-0/+9
2015-04-09 Use cached result if there is a network errorEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2015-04-09 Move curl stuff into a separate fileEelco Dolstra1-0/+128