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author | pennae <82953136+pennae@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-05-25 11:55:13 +0000 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-05-25 11:55:13 +0000 |
commit | b092afe77d514ddbab02e20f8adf0acc58fa4aaf (patch) | |
tree | 13e9942f85a507525047d246ebd12ffaa3c813ac /doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md | |
parent | d6d6bbd9ef1eed6443165866cd7bd27faa9586a1 (diff) | |
parent | 09e55010f9c7d0e60d7c97d1881cc696df3644ae (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into lto
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md index e57054861..95d1bb355 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ # 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. |