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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.0.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.0.xml index 4c683dd3d..57acfd0ba 100644 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.0.xml +++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.0.xml @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ <listitem> <para>The “copy from other stores” substituter mechanism (<command>copy-from-other-stores</command> and the - <envar>NIX_OTHER_STORES</envar> environment variable) has been + <literal>NIX_OTHER_STORES</literal> environment variable) has been removed. It was primarily used by the NixOS installer to copy available paths from the installation medium. The replacement is to use a chroot store as a substituter @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ daemon. You can use <literal>auto</literal> or the empty string to auto-select a local or daemon store depending on whether you have write permission to the Nix store. It is no - longer necessary to set the <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> + longer necessary to set the <literal>NIX_REMOTE</literal> environment variable to use the Nix daemon.</para> <para>As noted above, <classname>LocalStore</classname> now @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ use <filename>/build</filename> instead of <filename>/tmp</filename> as the temporary build directory. This fixes potential security problems when a build - accidentally stores its <envar>TMPDIR</envar> in some + accidentally stores its <literal>TMPDIR</literal> in some security-sensitive place, such as an RPATH.</para> </listitem> @@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ are not using the Nix daemon, you can now just specify a remote build machine on the command line, e.g. <literal>--option builders 'ssh://my-mac x86_64-darwin'</literal>. The environment variable - <envar>NIX_BUILD_HOOK</envar> has been removed and is no longer - needed. The environment variable <envar>NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS</envar> + <literal>NIX_BUILD_HOOK</literal> has been removed and is no longer + needed. The environment variable <literal>NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS</literal> is still supported for compatibility, but it is also possible to specify builders in <command>nix.conf</command> by setting the option <literal>builders = @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para><envar>NIX_PATH</envar> is now lazy, so URIs in the path are + <para><literal>NIX_PATH</literal> is now lazy, so URIs in the path are only downloaded if they are needed for evaluation.</para> </listitem> @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ <para><command>nix-shell</command> now uses <varname>bashInteractive</varname> from Nixpkgs, rather than the <command>bash</command> command that happens to be in the caller’s - <envar>PATH</envar>. This is especially important on macOS where + <literal>PATH</literal>. This is especially important on macOS where the <command>bash</command> provided by the system is seriously outdated and cannot execute <literal>stdenv</literal>’s setup script.</para> @@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ configureFlags = "--prefix=${placeholder "out"} --includedir=${placeholder "dev"}"; </programlisting> - will cause the <envar>configureFlags</envar> environment variable + will cause the <literal>configureFlags</literal> environment variable to contain the actual store paths corresponding to the <literal>out</literal> and <literal>dev</literal> outputs.</para> </listitem> @@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ configureFlags = "--prefix=${placeholder "out"} --includedir=${placeholder "dev" <varname>__structuredAttrs</varname> is set to <literal>true</literal>, the other derivation attributes are serialised in JSON format and made available to the builder via - the file <envar>.attrs.json</envar> in the builder’s temporary + the file <literal>.attrs.json</literal> in the builder’s temporary directory. This obviates the need for <varname>passAsFile</varname> since JSON files have no size restrictions, unlike process environments.</para> @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ configureFlags = "--prefix=${placeholder "out"} --includedir=${placeholder "dev" <para><link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/2d5b1b24bf70a498e4c0b378704cfdb6471cc699">As a convenience to Bash builders</link>, Nix writes a script named - <envar>.attrs.sh</envar> to the builder’s directory that + <literal>.attrs.sh</literal> to the builder’s directory that initialises shell variables corresponding to all attributes that are representable in Bash. This includes non-nested (associative) arrays. For example, the attribute <literal>hardening.format = @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ configureFlags = "--prefix=${placeholder "out"} --includedir=${placeholder "dev" <para>Builders can <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/88e6bb76de5564b3217be9688677d1c89101b2a3">now</link> communicate what build phase they are in by writing messages to - the file descriptor specified in <envar>NIX_LOG_FD</envar>. The + the file descriptor specified in <literal>NIX_LOG_FD</literal>. The current phase is shown by the <command>nix</command> progress indicator. </para> |