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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.3.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.3.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 0ad7d641f..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.3.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,91 +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-2.3"> - -<title>Release 2.3 (2019-09-04)</title> - -<para>This is primarily a bug fix release. However, it makes some -incompatible changes:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>Nix now uses BSD file locks instead of POSIX file - locks. Because of this, you should not use Nix 2.3 and previous - releases at the same time on a Nix store.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>It also has the following changes:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - - <listitem> - <para><function>builtins.fetchGit</function>'s <varname>ref</varname> - argument now allows specifying an absolute remote ref. - Nix will automatically prefix <varname>ref</varname> with - <literal>refs/heads</literal> only if <varname>ref</varname> doesn't - already begin with <literal>refs/</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The installer now enables sandboxing by default on Linux when the - system has the necessary kernel support. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The <literal>max-jobs</literal> setting now defaults to 1.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>New builtin functions: - <literal>builtins.isPath</literal>, - <literal>builtins.hashFile</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The <command>nix</command> command has a new - <option>--print-build-logs</option> (<option>-L</option>) flag to - print build log output to stderr, rather than showing the last log - line in the progress bar. To distinguish between concurrent - builds, log lines are prefixed by the name of the package. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Builds are now executed in a pseudo-terminal, and the - <envar>TERM</envar> environment variable is set to - <literal>xterm-256color</literal>. This allows many programs - (e.g. <command>gcc</command>, <command>clang</command>, - <command>cmake</command>) to print colorized log output.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Add <option>--no-net</option> convenience flag. This flag - disables substituters; sets the <literal>tarball-ttl</literal> - setting to infinity (ensuring that any previously downloaded files - are considered current); and disables retrying downloads and sets - the connection timeout to the minimum. This flag is enabled - automatically if there are no configured non-loopback network - interfaces.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Add a <literal>post-build-hook</literal> setting to run a - program after a build has succeeded.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Add a <literal>trace-function-calls</literal> setting to log - the duration of Nix function calls to stderr.</para> - </listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</section> |