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As a result, the following programs have been - removed: - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><command>nix-pull</command></para></listitem> - <listitem><para><command>nix-generate-patches</command></para></listitem> - <listitem><para><command>bsdiff</command></para></listitem> - <listitem><para><command>bspatch</command></para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - - <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 - 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 - (e.g. <literal>--substituters /mnt</literal>), or to build into a - chroot store (e.g. <literal>--store /mnt --substituters /</literal>).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The command <command>nix-push</command> has been removed as - part of the effort to eliminate Nix's dependency on Perl. You can - use <command>nix copy</command> instead, e.g. <literal>nix copy - --to file:///tmp/my-binary-cache <replaceable>paths…</replaceable></literal></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The “nested” log output feature (<option>--log-type - pretty</option>) has been removed. As a result, - <command>nix-log2xml</command> was also removed.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>OpenSSL-based signing has been <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/f435f8247553656774dd1b2c88e9de5d59cab203">removed</link>. This - feature was never well-supported. A better alternative is provided - by the <option>secret-key-files</option> and - <option>trusted-public-keys</option> options.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Failed build caching has been <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/8cffec84859cec8b610a2a22ab0c4d462a9351ff">removed</link>. This - feature was introduced to support the Hydra continuous build - system, but Hydra no longer uses it.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><filename>nix-mode.el</filename> has been removed from - Nix. It is now <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix-mode">a separate - repository</link> and can be installed through the MELPA package - repository.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>This release has the following new features:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>It introduces a new command named <command>nix</command>, - which is intended to eventually replace all - <command>nix-*</command> commands with a more consistent and - better designed user interface. It currently provides replacements - for some (but not all) of the functionality provided by - <command>nix-store</command>, <command>nix-build</command>, - <command>nix-shell -p</command>, <command>nix-env -qa</command>, - <command>nix-instantiate --eval</command>, - <command>nix-push</command> and - <command>nix-copy-closure</command>. It has the following major - features:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>Unlike the legacy commands, it has a consistent way to - refer to packages and package-like arguments (like store - paths). For example, the following commands all copy the GNU - Hello package to a remote machine: - - <screen>nix copy --to ssh://machine nixpkgs.hello</screen> - <screen>nix copy --to ssh://machine /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10</screen> - <screen>nix copy --to ssh://machine '(with import <nixpkgs> {}; hello)'</screen> - - By contrast, <command>nix-copy-closure</command> only accepted - store paths as arguments.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>It is self-documenting: <option>--help</option> shows - all available command-line arguments. If - <option>--help</option> is given after a subcommand, it shows - examples for that subcommand. <command>nix - --help-config</command> shows all configuration - options.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>It is much less verbose. By default, it displays a - single-line progress indicator that shows how many packages - are left to be built or downloaded, and (if there are running - builds) the most recent line of builder output. If a build - fails, it shows the last few lines of builder output. The full - build log can be retrieved using <command>nix - log</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>It <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/b8283773bd64d7da6859ed520ee19867742a03ba">provides</link> - all <filename>nix.conf</filename> configuration options as - command line flags. For example, instead of <literal>--option - http-connections 100</literal> you can write - <literal>--http-connections 100</literal>. Boolean options can - be written as - <literal>--<replaceable>foo</replaceable></literal> or - <literal>--no-<replaceable>foo</replaceable></literal> - (e.g. <option>--no-auto-optimise-store</option>).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Many subcommands have a <option>--json</option> flag to - write results to stdout in JSON format.</para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - <warning><para>Please note that the <command>nix</command> command - is a work in progress and the interface is subject to - change.</para></warning> - - <para>It provides the following high-level (“porcelain”) - subcommands:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix build</command> is a replacement for - <command>nix-build</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix run</command> executes a command in an - environment in which the specified packages are available. It - is (roughly) a replacement for <command>nix-shell - -p</command>. Unlike that command, it does not execute the - command in a shell, and has a flag (<command>-c</command>) - that specifies the unquoted command line to be - executed.</para> - - <para>It is particularly useful in conjunction with chroot - stores, allowing Linux users who do not have permission to - install Nix in <command>/nix/store</command> to still use - binary substitutes that assume - <command>/nix/store</command>. For example, - - <screen>nix run --store ~/my-nix nixpkgs.hello -c hello --greeting 'Hi everybody!'</screen> - - downloads (or if not substitutes are available, builds) the - GNU Hello package into - <filename>~/my-nix/nix/store</filename>, then runs - <command>hello</command> in a mount namespace where - <filename>~/my-nix/nix/store</filename> is mounted onto - <command>/nix/store</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix search</command> replaces <command>nix-env - -qa</command>. It searches the available packages for - occurrences of a search string in the attribute name, package - name or description. Unlike <command>nix-env -qa</command>, it - has a cache to speed up subsequent searches.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix copy</command> copies paths between - arbitrary Nix stores, generalising - <command>nix-copy-closure</command> and - <command>nix-push</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix repl</command> replaces the external - program <command>nix-repl</command>. It provides an - interactive environment for evaluating and building Nix - expressions. Note that it uses <literal>linenoise-ng</literal> - instead of GNU Readline.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix upgrade-nix</command> upgrades Nix to the - latest stable version. This requires that Nix is installed in - a profile. (Thus it won’t work on NixOS, or if it’s installed - outside of the Nix store.)</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix verify</command> checks whether store paths - are unmodified and/or “trusted” (see below). It replaces - <command>nix-store --verify</command> and <command>nix-store - --verify-path</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix log</command> shows the build log of a - package or path. If the build log is not available locally, it - will try to obtain it from the configured substituters (such - as <uri>cache.nixos.org</uri>, which now provides build - logs).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix edit</command> opens the source code of a - package in your editor.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix eval</command> replaces - <command>nix-instantiate --eval</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/d41c5eb13f4f3a37d80dbc6d3888644170c3b44a">nix - why-depends</command> shows why one store path has another in - its closure. This is primarily useful to finding the causes of - closure bloat. For example, - - <screen>nix why-depends nixpkgs.vlc nixpkgs.libdrm.dev</screen> - - shows a chain of files and fragments of file contents that - cause the VLC package to have the “dev” output of - <literal>libdrm</literal> in its closure — an undesirable - situation.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix path-info</command> shows information about - store paths, replacing <command>nix-store -q</command>. A - useful feature is the option <option>--closure-size</option> - (<option>-S</option>). For example, the following command show - the closure sizes of every path in the current NixOS system - closure, sorted by size: - - <screen>nix path-info -rS /run/current-system | sort -nk2</screen> - - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix optimise-store</command> replaces - <command>nix-store --optimise</command>. The main difference - is that it has a progress indicator.</para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - <para>A number of low-level (“plumbing”) commands are also - available:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix ls-store</command> and <command>nix - ls-nar</command> list the contents of a store path or NAR - file. The former is primarily useful in conjunction with - remote stores, e.g. - - <screen>nix ls-store --store https://cache.nixos.org/ -lR /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10</screen> - - lists the contents of path in a binary cache.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix cat-store</command> and <command>nix - cat-nar</command> allow extracting a file from a store path or - NAR file.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix dump-path</command> writes the contents of - a store path to stdout in NAR format. This replaces - <command>nix-store --dump</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/e8d6ee7c1b90a2fe6d824f1a875acc56799ae6e2">nix - show-derivation</command> displays a store derivation in JSON - format. This is an alternative to - <command>pp-aterm</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/970366266b8df712f5f9cedb45af183ef5a8357f">nix - add-to-store</command> replaces <command>nix-store - --add</command>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix sign-paths</command> signs store - paths.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix copy-sigs</command> copies signatures from - one store to another.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix show-config</command> shows all - configuration options and their current values.</para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The store abstraction that Nix has had for a long time to - support store access via the Nix daemon has been extended - significantly. In particular, substituters (which used to be - external programs such as - <command>download-from-binary-cache</command>) are now subclasses - of the abstract <classname>Store</classname> class. This allows - many Nix commands to operate on such store types. For example, - <command>nix path-info</command> shows information about paths in - your local Nix store, while <command>nix path-info --store - https://cache.nixos.org/</command> shows information about paths - in the specified binary cache. Similarly, - <command>nix-copy-closure</command>, <command>nix-push</command> - and substitution are all instances of the general notion of - copying paths between different kinds of Nix stores.</para> - - <para>Stores are specified using an URI-like syntax, - e.g. <uri>https://cache.nixos.org/</uri> or - <uri>ssh://machine</uri>. The following store types are supported: - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - - <para><classname>LocalStore</classname> (stori URI - <literal>local</literal> or an absolute path) and the misnamed - <classname>RemoteStore</classname> (<literal>daemon</literal>) - provide access to a local Nix store, the latter via the Nix - 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> - environment variable to use the Nix daemon.</para> - - <para>As noted above, <classname>LocalStore</classname> now - supports chroot builds, allowing the “physical” location of - the Nix store - (e.g. <filename>/home/alice/nix/store</filename>) to differ - from its “logical” location (typically - <filename>/nix/store</filename>). This allows non-root users - to use Nix while still getting the benefits from prebuilt - binaries from <uri>cache.nixos.org</uri>.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para><classname>BinaryCacheStore</classname> is the abstract - superclass of all binary cache stores. It supports writing - build logs and NAR content listings in JSON format.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para><classname>HttpBinaryCacheStore</classname> - (<literal>http://</literal>, <literal>https://</literal>) - supports binary caches via HTTP or HTTPS. If the server - supports <literal>PUT</literal> requests, it supports - uploading store paths via commands such as <command>nix - copy</command>.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para><classname>LocalBinaryCacheStore</classname> - (<literal>file://</literal>) supports binary caches in the - local filesystem.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para><classname>S3BinaryCacheStore</classname> - (<literal>s3://</literal>) supports binary caches stored in - Amazon S3, if enabled at compile time.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para><classname>LegacySSHStore</classname> (<literal>ssh://</literal>) - is used to implement remote builds and - <command>nix-copy-closure</command>.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para><classname>SSHStore</classname> - (<literal>ssh-ng://</literal>) supports arbitrary Nix - operations on a remote machine via the same protocol used by - <command>nix-daemon</command>.</para> - - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - - <para>Security has been improved in various ways: - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>Nix now stores signatures for local store - paths. When paths are copied between stores (e.g., copied from - a binary cache to a local store), signatures are - propagated.</para> - - <para>Locally-built paths are signed automatically using the - secret keys specified by the <option>secret-key-files</option> - store option. Secret/public key pairs can be generated using - <command>nix-store - --generate-binary-cache-key</command>.</para> - - <para>In addition, locally-built store paths are marked as - “ultimately trusted”, but this bit is not propagated when - paths are copied between stores.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Content-addressable store paths no longer require - signatures — they can be imported into a store by unprivileged - users even if they lack signatures.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The command <command>nix verify</command> checks whether - the specified paths are trusted, i.e., have a certain number - of trusted signatures, are ultimately trusted, or are - content-addressed.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Substitutions from binary caches <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/ecbc3fedd3d5bdc5a0e1a0a51b29062f2874ac8b">now</link> - require signatures by default. This was already the case on - NixOS.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>In Linux sandbox builds, we <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/eba840c8a13b465ace90172ff76a0db2899ab11b">now</link> - 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 - security-sensitive place, such as an RPATH.</para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Pure evaluation mode</emphasis>. With the - <literal>--pure-eval</literal> flag, Nix enables a variant of the existing - restricted evaluation mode that forbids access to anything that could cause - different evaluations of the same command line arguments to produce a - different result. This includes builtin functions such as - <function>builtins.getEnv</function>, but more importantly, - <emphasis>all</emphasis> filesystem or network access unless a content hash - or commit hash is specified. For example, calls to - <function>builtins.fetchGit</function> are only allowed if a - <varname>rev</varname> attribute is specified.</para> - - <para>The goal of this feature is to enable true reproducibility - and traceability of builds (including NixOS system configurations) - at the evaluation level. For example, in the future, - <command>nixos-rebuild</command> might build configurations from a - Nix expression in a Git repository in pure mode. That expression - might fetch other repositories such as Nixpkgs via - <function>builtins.fetchGit</function>. The commit hash of the - top-level repository then uniquely identifies a running system, - and, in conjunction with that repository, allows it to be - reproduced or modified.</para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>There are several new features to support binary - reproducibility (i.e. to help ensure that multiple builds of the - same derivation produce exactly the same output). When - <option>enforce-determinism</option> is set to - <literal>false</literal>, it’s <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/8bdf83f936adae6f2c907a6d2541e80d4120f051">no - longer</link> a fatal error if build rounds produce different - output. Also, a hook named <option>diff-hook</option> is <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/9a313469a4bdea2d1e8df24d16289dc2a172a169">provided</link> - to allow you to run tools such as <command>diffoscope</command> - when build rounds produce different output.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Configuring remote builds is a lot easier now. Provided you - 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> - is still supported for compatibility, but it is also possible to - specify builders in <command>nix.conf</command> by setting the - option <literal>builders = - @<replaceable>path</replaceable></literal>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>If a fixed-output derivation produces a result with an - incorrect hash, the output path is moved to the location - corresponding to the actual hash and registered as valid. Thus, a - subsequent build of the fixed-output derivation with the correct - hash is unnecessary.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-shell</command> <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/ea59f39326c8e9dc42dfed4bcbf597fbce58797c">now</link> - sets the <varname>IN_NIX_SHELL</varname> environment variable - during evaluation and in the shell itself. This can be used to - perform different actions depending on whether you’re in a Nix - shell or in a regular build. Nixpkgs provides - <varname>lib.inNixShell</varname> to check this variable during - evaluation.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><envar>NIX_PATH</envar> is now lazy, so URIs in the path are - only downloaded if they are needed for evaluation.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>You can now use - <uri>channel:<replaceable>channel-name</replaceable></uri> as a - short-hand for - <uri>https://nixos.org/channels/<replaceable>channel-name</replaceable>/nixexprs.tar.xz</uri>. For - example, <literal>nix-build channel:nixos-15.09 -A hello</literal> - will build the GNU Hello package from the - <literal>nixos-15.09</literal> channel. In the future, this may - use Git to fetch updates more efficiently.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>When <option>--no-build-output</option> is given, the last - 10 lines of the build log will be shown if a build - fails.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Networking has been improved: - - <itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>HTTP/2 is now supported. This makes binary cache lookups - <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/90ad02bf626b885a5dd8967894e2eafc953bdf92">much - more efficient</link>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>We now retry downloads on many HTTP errors, making - binary caches substituters more resilient to temporary - failures.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>HTTP credentials can now be configured via the standard - <filename>netrc</filename> mechanism.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>If S3 support is enabled at compile time, - <uri>s3://</uri> URIs are <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/9ff9c3f2f80ba4108e9c945bbfda2c64735f987b">supported</link> - in all places where Nix allows URIs.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Brotli compression is now supported. In particular, - <uri>cache.nixos.org</uri> build logs are now compressed using - Brotli.</para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-env</command> <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/b0cb11722626e906a73f10dd9a0c9eea29faf43a">now</link> - ignores packages with bad derivation names (in particular those - starting with a digit or containing a dot).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Many configuration options have been renamed, either because - they were unnecessarily verbose - (e.g. <option>build-use-sandbox</option> is now just - <option>sandbox</option>) or to reflect generalised behaviour - (e.g. <option>binary-caches</option> is now - <option>substituters</option> because it allows arbitrary store - URIs). The old names are still supported for compatibility.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The <option>max-jobs</option> option can <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/7251d048fa812d2551b7003bc9f13a8f5d4c95a5">now</link> - be set to <literal>auto</literal> to use the number of CPUs in the - system.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Hashes can <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/c0015e87af70f539f24d2aa2bc224a9d8b84276b">now</link> - be specified in base-64 format, in addition to base-16 and the - non-standard base-32.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <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 - the <command>bash</command> provided by the system is seriously - outdated and cannot execute <literal>stdenv</literal>’s setup - script.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Nix can now automatically trigger a garbage collection if - free disk space drops below a certain level during a build. This - is configured using the <option>min-free</option> and - <option>max-free</option> options.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command>nix-store -q --roots</command> and - <command>nix-store --gc --print-roots</command> now show temporary - and in-memory roots.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Nix can now be extended with plugins. See the documentation of - the <option>plugin-files</option> option for more details. - </para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>The Nix language has the following new features: - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>It supports floating point numbers. They are based on the - C++ <literal>float</literal> type and are supported by the - existing numerical operators. Export and import to and from JSON - and XML works, too.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Derivation attributes can now reference the outputs of the - derivation using the <function>placeholder</function> builtin - function. For example, the attribute - -<programlisting> -configureFlags = "--prefix=${placeholder "out"} --includedir=${placeholder "dev"}"; -</programlisting> - - will cause the <envar>configureFlags</envar> environment variable - to contain the actual store paths corresponding to the - <literal>out</literal> and <literal>dev</literal> outputs.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</para> - -<para>The following builtin functions are new or extended: - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><function - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/38539b943a060d9cdfc24d6e5d997c0885b8aa2f">builtins.fetchGit</function> - allows Git repositories to be fetched at evaluation time. Thus it - differs from the <function>fetchgit</function> function in - Nixpkgs, which fetches at build time and cannot be used to fetch - Nix expressions during evaluation. A typical use case is to import - external NixOS modules from your configuration, e.g. - - <programlisting>imports = [ (builtins.fetchGit https://github.com/edolstra/dwarffs + "/module.nix") ];</programlisting> - - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Similarly, <function>builtins.fetchMercurial</function> - allows you to fetch Mercurial repositories.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><function>builtins.path</function> generalises - <function>builtins.filterSource</function> and path literals - (e.g. <literal>./foo</literal>). It allows specifying a store path - name that differs from the source path name - (e.g. <literal>builtins.path { path = ./foo; name = "bar"; - }</literal>) and also supports filtering out unwanted - files.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><function>builtins.fetchurl</function> and - <function>builtins.fetchTarball</function> now support - <varname>sha256</varname> and <varname>name</varname> - attributes.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><function - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/b8867a0239b1930a16f9ef3f7f3e864b01416dff">builtins.split</function> - splits a string using a POSIX extended regular expression as the - separator.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><function - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/26d92017d3b36cff940dcb7d1611c42232edb81a">builtins.partition</function> - partitions the elements of a list into two lists, depending on a - Boolean predicate.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><literal><nix/fetchurl.nix></literal> now uses the - content-addressable tarball cache at - <uri>http://tarballs.nixos.org/</uri>, just like - <function>fetchurl</function> in - Nixpkgs. (f2682e6e18a76ecbfb8a12c17e3a0ca15c084197)</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>In restricted and pure evaluation mode, builtin functions - that download from the network (such as - <function>fetchGit</function>) are permitted to fetch underneath a - list of URI prefixes specified in the option - <option>allowed-uris</option>.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</para> - -<para>The Nix build environment has the following changes: - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>Values such as Booleans, integers, (nested) lists and - attribute sets can <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/6de33a9c675b187437a2e1abbcb290981a89ecb1">now</link> - be passed to builders in a non-lossy way. If the special attribute - <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 - directory. This obviates the need for - <varname>passAsFile</varname> since JSON files have no size - restrictions, unlike process environments.</para> - - <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 - 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 = - true</literal> ends up as the Bash associative array element - <literal>${hardening[format]}</literal>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <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 - current phase is shown by the <command>nix</command> progress - indicator. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>In Linux sandbox builds, we <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/a2d92bb20e82a0957067ede60e91fab256948b41">now</link> - provide a default <filename>/bin/sh</filename> (namely - <filename>ash</filename> from BusyBox).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>In structured attribute mode, - <varname>exportReferencesGraph</varname> <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/c2b0d8749f7e77afc1c4b3e8dd36b7ee9720af4a">exports</link> - extended information about closures in JSON format. In particular, - it includes the sizes and hashes of paths. This is primarily - useful for NixOS image builders.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Builds are <link - xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/21948deed99a3295e4d5666e027a6ca42dc00b40">now</link> - killed as soon as Nix receives EOF on the builder’s stdout or - stderr. This fixes a bug that allowed builds to hang Nix - indefinitely, regardless of - timeouts.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The <option>sandbox-paths</option> configuration - option can now specify optional paths by appending a - <literal>?</literal>, e.g. <literal>/dev/nvidiactl?</literal> will - bind-mount <varname>/dev/nvidiactl</varname> only if it - exists.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>On Linux, builds are now executed in a user - namespace with UID 1000 and GID 100.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</para> - -<para>A number of significant internal changes were made: - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>Nix no longer depends on Perl and all Perl components have - been rewritten in C++ or removed. The Perl bindings that used to - be part of Nix have been moved to a separate package, - <literal>nix-perl</literal>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>All <classname>Store</classname> classes are now - thread-safe. <classname>RemoteStore</classname> supports multiple - concurrent connections to the daemon. This is primarily useful in - multi-threaded programs such as - <command>hydra-queue-runner</command>.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</para> - -<para>This release has contributions from - -Adrien Devresse, -Alexander Ried, -Alex Cruice, -Alexey Shmalko, -AmineChikhaoui, -Andy Wingo, -Aneesh Agrawal, -Anthony Cowley, -Armijn Hemel, -aszlig, -Ben Gamari, -Benjamin Hipple, -Benjamin Staffin, -Benno Fünfstück, -Bjørn Forsman, -Brian McKenna, -Charles Strahan, -Chase Adams, -Chris Martin, -Christian Theune, -Chris Warburton, -Daiderd Jordan, -Dan Connolly, -Daniel Peebles, -Dan Peebles, -davidak, -David McFarland, -Dmitry Kalinkin, -Domen Kožar, -Eelco Dolstra, -Emery Hemingway, -Eric Litak, -Eric Wolf, -Fabian Schmitthenner, -Frederik Rietdijk, -Gabriel Gonzalez, -Giorgio Gallo, -Graham Christensen, -Guillaume Maudoux, -Harmen, -Iavael, -James Broadhead, -James Earl Douglas, -Janus Troelsen, -Jeremy Shaw, -Joachim Schiele, -Joe Hermaszewski, -Joel Moberg, -Johannes 'fish' Ziemke, -Jörg Thalheim, -Jude Taylor, -kballou, -Keshav Kini, -Kjetil Orbekk, -Langston Barrett, -Linus Heckemann, -Ludovic Courtès, -Manav Rathi, -Marc Scholten, -Markus Hauck, -Matt Audesse, -Matthew Bauer, -Matthias Beyer, -Matthieu Coudron, -N1X, -Nathan Zadoks, -Neil Mayhew, -Nicolas B. Pierron, -Niklas Hambüchen, -Nikolay Amiantov, -Ole Jørgen Brønner, -Orivej Desh, -Peter Simons, -Peter Stuart, -Pyry Jahkola, -regnat, -Renzo Carbonara, -Rhys, -Robert Vollmert, -Scott Olson, -Scott R. Parish, -Sergei Trofimovich, -Shea Levy, -Sheena Artrip, -Spencer Baugh, -Stefan Junker, -Susan Potter, -Thomas Tuegel, -Timothy Allen, -Tristan Hume, -Tuomas Tynkkynen, -tv, -Tyson Whitehead, -Vladimír Čunát, -Will Dietz, -wmertens, -Wout Mertens, -zimbatm and -Zoran Plesivčak. -</para> - -</section> |