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2006-05-11 * 64-bit compatibility fixes (for problems revealed by building on an AthlonEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
64 running 64-bit SUSE). A patched ATerm library is required to run Nix succesfully.
2006-02-16 * Allow the size of the GC reserved file to be specified in nix.confEelco Dolstra1-7/+12
through the new `gc-reserved-space' option.
2005-10-17 * Beginning of secure multi-user Nix stores. If Nix is started asEelco Dolstra1-4/+0
root (or setuid root), then builds will be performed under one of the users listed in the `build-users' configuration variables. This is to make it impossible to influence build results externally, allowing locally built derivations to be shared safely between users (see ASE-2005 paper). To do: only one builder should be active per build user.
2005-09-22 * Lets not go wild with templates.Eelco Dolstra1-4/+6
2005-09-22 * Parse multi-valued options.Eelco Dolstra1-14/+33
2005-09-21 * Configuration options for trusted local builds.Eelco Dolstra1-5/+2
2005-02-14 * Global configuration option `env-keep-derivations' to store pointerEelco Dolstra1-1/+11
to derivations in user environments. Nice for developers (since it prevents build-time-only dependencies from being GC'ed, in conjunction with `gc-keep-outputs'). Turned off by default.
2005-02-01 * A GC setting `gc-keep-outputs' to specify whether output paths ofEelco Dolstra1-0/+50
derivations should be kept.
2004-10-25 * Allow certain operations to succeed even if we don't have writeEelco Dolstra1-0/+2
permission to the Nix store or database. E.g., `nix-env -qa' will work, but `nix-env -qas' won't (the latter needs DB access). The option `--readonly-mode' forces this mode; otherwise, it's only activated when the database cannot be opened.
2004-08-18 * The default verbosity level of all Nix commands is now lvlInfo.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
* Builder output is written to standard error by default. * The option `-B' is gone. * The option `-Q' suppresses builder output. The result of this is that most Nix invocations shouldn't need any flags w.r.t. logging.
2004-06-28 * Added a switch `--fallback'. From the manual:Eelco Dolstra1-0/+2
Whenever Nix attempts to realise a derivation for which a closure is already known, but this closure cannot be realised, fall back on normalising the derivation. The most common scenario in which this is useful is when we have registered substitutes in order to perform binary distribution from, say, a network repository. If the repository is down, the realisation of the derivation will fail. When this option is specified, Nix will build the derivation instead. Thus, binary installation falls back on a source installation. This option is not the default since it is generally not desirable for a transient failure in obtaining the substitutes to lead to a full build from source (with the related consumption of resources).
2004-06-25 * A flag `--keep-going / -k' to keep building goals if one fails, asEelco Dolstra1-0/+2
much as possible. (This is similar to GNU Make's `-k' flag.) * Refactoring to implement this: previously we just bombed out when a build failed, but now we have to clean up. In particular this means that goals must be freed quickly --- they shouldn't hang around until the worker exits. So the worker now maintains weak pointers in order not to prevent garbage collection. * Documented the `-k' and `-j' flags.
2004-05-12 * A switch `-j NUMBER' to set the maximum number of parallel jobs (0 =Eelco Dolstra1-0/+2
no limit). * Add missing file to distribution.
2004-01-13 * Option `-B' to always show the output of builders, regardless ofEelco Dolstra1-0/+2
verbosity level.
2003-11-19 * nix-env: a tool to manage user environments.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+1
* Replace all directory reading code by a generic readDirectory() function.
2003-11-18 * libnix -> libstore.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+8