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authorTom Bereknyei <tomberek@gmail.com>2022-04-21 16:41:37 -0400
committerTom Bereknyei <tomberek@gmail.com>2022-04-21 16:41:37 -0400
commitf25112d3832b93a2bc8abe7936e6355dae9a25d5 (patch)
tree186d85f2f087bab22612dd2c6014146014140b49 /doc/manual
parent9345b4e9ca1b14071b471851508b37edfc2d1248 (diff)
fix: builtins.toFile adds path to allowedPaths
The produced path is then allowed be imported or utilized elsewhere: ``` assert (43 == import (builtins.toFile "source" "43")); "good" ``` This will still fail on write-only stores.
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* `nix repl` has a new build-'n-link (`:bl`) command that builds a derivation
while creating GC root symlinks.
+
+* The path produced by `builtins.toFile` is now allowed to be imported or read
+ even with restricted evaluation. Note that this will not work with a
+ read-only store.