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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 8114ce6b5..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.4.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - version="5.0" - xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.4"> - -<title>Release 1.4 (2013-02-26)</title> - -<para>This release fixes a security bug in multi-user operation. It -was possible for derivations to cause the mode of files outside of the -Nix store to be changed to 444 (read-only but world-readable) by -creating hard links to those files (<link -xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/5526a282b5b44e9296e61e07d7d2626a79141ac4">details</link>).</para> - -<para>There are also the following improvements:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem><para>New built-in function: - <function>builtins.hashString</function>.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Build logs are now stored in - <filename>/nix/var/log/nix/drvs/<emphasis>XX</emphasis>/</filename>, - where <emphasis>XX</emphasis> is the first two characters of - the derivation. This is useful on machines that keep a lot of build - logs (such as Hydra servers).</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>The function <function>corepkgs/fetchurl</function> - can now make the downloaded file executable. This will allow - getting rid of all bootstrap binaries in the Nixpkgs source - tree.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Language change: The expression <literal>"${./path} - ..."</literal> now evaluates to a string instead of a - path.</para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</section> |