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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/rl-next/better-invalid-path-errors.md | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/rl-next/build-dir.md | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/rl-next/sanitizers.md | 9 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/better-invalid-path-errors.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/better-invalid-path-errors.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..63680a026 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/better-invalid-path-errors.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +synopsis: "Confusing 'invalid path' errors are now 'path does not exist'" +cls: [1161, 1160, 1159] +credits: midnightveil +category: Improvements +--- + +Previously, if a path did not exist in a Nix store, it was referred to as the internal name "path is invalid". +This is, however, very confusing, and there were numerous such errors that were exactly the same, making it hard to debug. +These errors are now more specific and refer to the path not existing in the store. diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/build-dir.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/build-dir.md index 88bcd8da4..7ce9fab15 100644 --- a/doc/manual/rl-next/build-dir.md +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/build-dir.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ --- synopsis: "Add a `build-dir` setting to set the backing directory for builds" cls: 1514 +prs: [gh#10303, gh#10312, gh#10883] credits: [roberth, tomberek] category: Improvements --- diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/sanitizers.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/sanitizers.md index 0abc57c7b..0b8e36340 100644 --- a/doc/manual/rl-next/sanitizers.md +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/sanitizers.md @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ --- synopsis: "Lix now supports building with UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer" -cls: [1483] +cls: [1483, 1481, 1669] credits: [jade] category: Development --- -You can now build Lix with the configuration option `-Db_sanitize=undefined` and it will both work and pass tests. AddressSanitizer support is also coming soon. +You can now build Lix with the configuration option `-Db_sanitize=undefined,address` and it will both work and pass tests with both AddressSanitizer and UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer enabled. +To use ASan specifically, you have to set `-Dgc=disabled`, which an error message will tell you to do if necessary anyhow. -For a list of undefined behaviour fixed by sanitizer usage, see [the gerrit topic "undefined-behaviour"](https://gerrit.lix.systems/q/topic:%22undefined-behaviour%22). +Furthermore, tests passing with Clang ASan+UBSan is checked on every change in CI. + +For a list of undefined behaviour found by tooling usage, see [the gerrit topic "undefined-behaviour"](https://gerrit.lix.systems/q/topic:%22undefined-behaviour%22). |