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authorpennae <82953136+pennae@users.noreply.github.com>2022-05-25 11:55:13 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-05-25 11:55:13 +0000
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# Release X.Y (202?-??-??)
+* Nix now provides better integration with zsh's run-help feature. It is now
+ included in the Nix installation in the form of an autoloadable shell
+ function, run-help-nix. It picks up Nix subcommands from the currently typed
+ in command and directs the user to the associated man pages.
+
* `nix repl` has a new build-'n-link (`:bl`) command that builds a derivation
while creating GC root symlinks.
@@ -11,4 +16,14 @@
This matches the default behaviour of `nix-build`.
* Nix can now be built with LTO by passing `--enable-lto` to `configure`.
- LTO is currently only supported when building with GCC. \ No newline at end of file
+ LTO is currently only supported when building with GCC.
+
+* You can now specify which outputs of a derivation `nix` should
+ operate on using the syntax `installable^outputs`,
+ e.g. `nixpkgs#glibc^dev,static` or `nixpkgs#glibc^*`. By default,
+ `nix` will use the outputs specified by the derivation's
+ `meta.outputsToInstall` attribute if it exists, or all outputs
+ otherwise.
+
+ Selecting derivation outputs using the attribute selection syntax
+ (e.g. `nixpkgs#glibc.dev`) no longer works.