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| author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2022-07-11 11:17:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2022-07-11 11:17:19 +0200 |
| commit | 517ce38dadc2c8d6282b6865ec0c620b7e26df3a (patch) | |
| tree | d46879b1b3f5ba03dd0e2fbb480047cc7b99b1df | |
| parent | f6316b49a0c37172bca87ede6ea8144d7d89832f (diff) | |
Update release notes
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md | 33 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md index f6a45184f..bbaa68d4f 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md @@ -1,14 +1,31 @@ # Release X.Y (202?-??-??) -* Nix can now be built with LTO by passing `--enable-lto` to `configure`. - LTO is currently only supported when building with GCC. - * `nix repl` now takes installables on the command line, unifying the usage with other commands that use `--file` and `--expr`. Primary breaking change is for the common usage of `nix repl '<nixpkgs>'` which can be recovered with - `nix repl --file '<nixpkgs>'` or `nix repl --expr 'import <nixpkgs>{}'` - - This is currently guarded by the 'repl-flake' experimental feature + `nix repl --file '<nixpkgs>'` or `nix repl --expr 'import <nixpkgs>{}'`. + + This is currently guarded by the `repl-flake` experimental feature. + +* A new function `builtins.traceVerbose` is available. It is similar + to `builtins.trace` if the `trace-verbose` setting is set to true, + and it is a no-op otherwise. + +* `nix search` has a new flag `--exclude` to filter out packages. -* A new primop `builtins.traceVerbose` is available. It is similar to `builtins.trace` - if the `trace-verbose` setting is set to true, and it is a no-op otherwise. +* On Linux, if `/nix` doesn't exist and cannot be created and you're + not running as root, Nix will automatically use + `~/.local/share/nix/root` as a chroot store. This enables non-root + users to download the statically linked Nix binary and have it work + out of the box, e.g. + + ``` + # ~/nix run nixpkgs#hello + warning: '/nix' does not exists, so Nix will use '/home/ubuntu/.local/share/nix/root' as a chroot store + Hello, world! + ``` + +* `flake-registry.json` is now fetched from `channels.nixos.org`. + +* Nix can now be built with LTO by passing `--enable-lto` to `configure`. + LTO is currently only supported when building with GCC. |