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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 580563420..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.6.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,127 +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-1.6.0"> - -<title>Release 1.6 (2013-09-10)</title> - -<para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has several new -features:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>The command <command>nix-build --run-env</command> has been - renamed to <command>nix-shell</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-shell</command> now sources - <filename>$stdenv/setup</filename> <emphasis>inside</emphasis> the - interactive shell, rather than in a parent shell. This ensures - that shell functions defined by <literal>stdenv</literal> can be - used in the interactive shell.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-shell</command> has a new flag - <option>--pure</option> to clear the environment, so you get an - environment that more closely corresponds to the “real” Nix build. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-shell</command> now sets the shell prompt - (<envar>PS1</envar>) to ensure that Nix shells are distinguishable - from your regular shells.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-env</command> no longer requires a - <literal>*</literal> argument to match all packages, so - <literal>nix-env -qa</literal> is equivalent to <literal>nix-env - -qa '*'</literal>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-env -i</command> has a new flag - <option>--remove-all</option> (<option>-r</option>) to remove all - previous packages from the profile. This makes it easier to do - declarative package management similar to NixOS’s - <option>environment.systemPackages</option>. For instance, if you - have a specification <filename>my-packages.nix</filename> like this: - -<programlisting> -with import <nixpkgs> {}; -[ thunderbird - geeqie - ... -] -</programlisting> - - then after any change to this file, you can run: - -<screen> -$ nix-env -f my-packages.nix -ir -</screen> - - to update your profile to match the specification.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The ‘<literal>with</literal>’ language construct is now more - lazy. It only evaluates its argument if a variable might actually - refer to an attribute in the argument. For instance, this now - works: - -<programlisting> -let - pkgs = with pkgs; { foo = "old"; bar = foo; } // overrides; - overrides = { foo = "new"; }; -in pkgs.bar -</programlisting> - - This evaluates to <literal>"new"</literal>, while previously it - gave an “infinite recursion” error.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Nix now has proper integer arithmetic operators. For - instance, you can write <literal>x + y</literal> instead of - <literal>builtins.add x y</literal>, or <literal>x < - y</literal> instead of <literal>builtins.lessThan x y</literal>. - The comparison operators also work on strings.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>On 64-bit systems, Nix integers are now 64 bits rather than - 32 bits.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>When using the Nix daemon, the <command>nix-daemon</command> - worker process now runs on the same CPU as the client, on systems - that support setting CPU affinity. This gives a significant speedup - on some systems.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>If a stack overflow occurs in the Nix evaluator, you now get - a proper error message (rather than “Segmentation fault”) on some - systems.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>In addition to directories, you can now bind-mount regular - files in chroots through the (now misnamed) option - <option>build-chroot-dirs</option>.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>This release has contributions from Domen Kožar, Eelco Dolstra, -Florian Friesdorf, Gergely Risko, Ivan Kozik, Ludovic Courtès and Shea -Levy.</para> - -</section> |