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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml deleted file mode 100644 index c8406bd20..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.9.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,216 +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-1.9"> - -<title>Release 1.9 (2015-06-12)</title> - -<para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has the -following new features:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>Signed binary cache support. You can enable signature - checking by adding the following to <filename>nix.conf</filename>: - -<programlisting> -signed-binary-caches = * -binary-cache-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= -</programlisting> - - This will prevent Nix from downloading any binary from the cache - that is not signed by one of the keys listed in - <option>binary-cache-public-keys</option>.</para> - - <para>Signature checking is only supported if you built Nix with - the <literal>libsodium</literal> package.</para> - - <para>Note that while Nix has had experimental support for signed - binary caches since version 1.7, this release changes the - signature format in a backwards-incompatible way.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para>Automatic downloading of Nix expression tarballs. In various - places, you can now specify the URL of a tarball containing Nix - expressions (such as Nixpkgs), which will be downloaded and - unpacked automatically. For example:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem><para>In <command>nix-env</command>: - -<screen> -$ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz -iA firefox -</screen> - - This installs Firefox from the latest tested and built revision - of the NixOS 14.12 channel.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>In <command>nix-build</command> and - <command>nix-shell</command>: - -<screen> -$ nix-build https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -A hello -</screen> - - This builds GNU Hello from the latest revision of the Nixpkgs - master branch.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>In the Nix search path (as specified via - <envar>NIX_PATH</envar> or <option>-I</option>). For example, to - start a shell containing the Pan package from a specific version - of Nixpkgs: - -<screen> -$ nix-shell -p pan -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/8a3eea054838b55aca962c3fbde9c83c102b8bf2.tar.gz -</screen> - - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>In <command>nixos-rebuild</command> (on NixOS): - -<screen> -$ nixos-rebuild test -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz -</screen> - - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>In Nix expressions, via the new builtin function <function>fetchTarball</function>: - -<programlisting> -with import (fetchTarball https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz) {}; … -</programlisting> - - (This is not allowed in restricted mode.)</para></listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para><command>nix-shell</command> improvements:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem><para><command>nix-shell</command> now has a flag - <option>--run</option> to execute a command in the - <command>nix-shell</command> environment, - e.g. <literal>nix-shell --run make</literal>. This is like - the existing <option>--command</option> flag, except that it - uses a non-interactive shell (ensuring that hitting Ctrl-C won’t - drop you into the child shell).</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para><command>nix-shell</command> can now be used as - a <literal>#!</literal>-interpreter. This allows you to write - scripts that dynamically fetch their own dependencies. For - example, here is a Haskell script that, when invoked, first - downloads GHC and the Haskell packages on which it depends: - -<programlisting> -#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell -#! nix-shell -i runghc -p haskellPackages.ghc haskellPackages.HTTP - -import Network.HTTP - -main = do - resp <- Network.HTTP.simpleHTTP (getRequest "http://nixos.org/") - body <- getResponseBody resp - print (take 100 body) -</programlisting> - - Of course, the dependencies are cached in the Nix store, so the - second invocation of this script will be much - faster.</para></listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para>Chroot improvements:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem><para>Chroot builds are now supported on Mac OS X - (using its sandbox mechanism).</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>If chroots are enabled, they are now used for - all derivations, including fixed-output derivations (such as - <function>fetchurl</function>). The latter do have network - access, but can no longer access the host filesystem. If you - need the old behaviour, you can set the option - <option>build-use-chroot</option> to - <literal>relaxed</literal>.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>On Linux, if chroots are enabled, builds are - performed in a private PID namespace once again. (This - functionality was lost in Nix 1.8.)</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Store paths listed in - <option>build-chroot-dirs</option> are now automatically - expanded to their closure. For instance, if you want - <filename>/nix/store/…-bash/bin/sh</filename> mounted in your - chroot as <filename>/bin/sh</filename>, you only need to say - <literal>build-chroot-dirs = - /bin/sh=/nix/store/…-bash/bin/sh</literal>; it is no longer - necessary to specify the dependencies of Bash.</para></listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </listitem> - - <listitem><para>The new derivation attribute - <varname>passAsFile</varname> allows you to specify that the - contents of derivation attributes should be passed via files rather - than environment variables. This is useful if you need to pass very - long strings that exceed the size limit of the environment. The - Nixpkgs function <function>writeTextFile</function> uses - this.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>You can now use <literal>~</literal> in Nix file - names to refer to your home directory, e.g. <literal>import - ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</literal>.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Nix has a new option <option>restrict-eval</option> - that allows limiting what paths the Nix evaluator has access to. By - passing <literal>--option restrict-eval true</literal> to Nix, the - evaluator will throw an exception if an attempt is made to access - any file outside of the Nix search path. This is primarily intended - for Hydra to ensure that a Hydra jobset only refers to its declared - inputs (and is therefore reproducible).</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para><command>nix-env</command> now only creates a new - “generation” symlink in <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles</filename> - if something actually changed.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>The environment variable <envar>NIX_PAGER</envar> - can now be set to override <envar>PAGER</envar>. You can set it to - <literal>cat</literal> to disable paging for Nix commands - only.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Failing <literal><...></literal> - lookups now show position information.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Improved Boehm GC use: we disabled scanning for - interior pointers, which should reduce the “<literal>Repeated - allocation of very large block</literal>” warnings and associated - retention of memory.</para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>This release has contributions from aszlig, Benjamin Staffin, -Charles Strahan, Christian Theune, Daniel Hahler, Danylo Hlynskyi -Daniel Peebles, Dan Peebles, Domen Kožar, Eelco Dolstra, Harald van -Dijk, Hoang Xuan Phu, Jaka Hudoklin, Jeff Ramnani, j-keck, Linquize, -Luca Bruno, Michael Merickel, Oliver Dunkl, Rob Vermaas, Rok Garbas, -Shea Levy, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice and William A. Kennington III.</para> - -</section> - |