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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.11.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.11.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fbabdaa2f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.11.md @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +# Release 1.11 (2016-01-19) + +This is primarily a bug fix release. It also has a number of new +features: + + - `nix-prefetch-url` can now download URLs specified in a Nix + expression. For example, + + $ nix-prefetch-url -A hello.src + + will prefetch the file specified by the `fetchurl` call in the + attribute `hello.src` from the Nix expression in the current + directory, and print the cryptographic hash of the resulting file on + stdout. This differs from `nix-build -A + hello.src` in that it doesn't verify the hash, and is thus useful + when you’re updating a Nix expression. + + You can also prefetch the result of functions that unpack a tarball, + such as `fetchFromGitHub`. For example: + + $ nix-prefetch-url --unpack https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/archive/0.8.tar.gz + + or from a Nix expression: + + $ nix-prefetch-url -A nix-repl.src + + - The builtin function `<nix/fetchurl.nix>` now supports downloading + and unpacking NARs. This removes the need to have multiple downloads + in the Nixpkgs stdenv bootstrap process (like a separate busybox + binary for Linux, or curl/mkdir/sh/bzip2 for Darwin). Now all those + files can be combined into a single NAR, optionally compressed using + `xz`. + + - Nix now supports SHA-512 hashes for verifying fixed-output + derivations, and in `builtins.hashString`. + + - The new flag `--option build-repeat + N` will cause every build to be executed *N*+1 times. If the build + output differs between any round, the build is rejected, and the + output paths are not registered as valid. This is primarily useful + to verify build determinism. (We already had a `--check` option to + repeat a previously succeeded build. However, with `--check`, + non-deterministic builds are registered in the DB. Preventing that + is useful for Hydra to ensure that non-deterministic builds don't + end up getting published to the binary cache.) + + - The options `--check` and `--option + build-repeat N`, if they detect a difference between two runs of the + same derivation and `-K` is given, will make the output of the other + run available under `store-path-check`. This makes it easier to + investigate the non-determinism using tools like `diffoscope`, e.g., + + $ nix-build pkgs/stdenv/linux -A stage1.pkgs.zlib --check -K + error: derivation ‘/nix/store/l54i8wlw2265…-zlib-1.2.8.drv’ may not + be deterministic: output ‘/nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8’ + differs from ‘/nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8-check’ + + $ diffoscope /nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8 /nix/store/11a27shh6n2i…-zlib-1.2.8-check + … + ├── lib/libz.a + │ ├── metadata + │ │ @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ + │ │ -rw-r--r-- 30001/30000 3096 Jan 12 15:20 2016 adler32.o + … + │ │ +rw-r--r-- 30001/30000 3096 Jan 12 15:28 2016 adler32.o + … + + - Improved FreeBSD support. + + - `nix-env -qa --xml --meta` now prints license information. + + - The maximum number of parallel TCP connections that the binary cache + substituter will use has been decreased from 150 to 25. This should + prevent upsetting some broken NAT routers, and also improves + performance. + + - All "chroot"-containing strings got renamed to "sandbox". In + particular, some Nix options got renamed, but the old names are + still accepted as lower-priority aliases. + +This release has contributions from Anders Claesson, Anthony Cowley, +Bjørn Forsman, Brian McKenna, Danny Wilson, davidak, Eelco Dolstra, +Fabian Schmitthenner, FrankHB, Ilya Novoselov, janus, Jim Garrison, John +Ericson, Jude Taylor, Ludovic Courtès, Manuel Jacob, Mathnerd314, Pascal +Wittmann, Peter Simons, Philip Potter, Preston Bennes, Rommel M. +Martinez, Sander van der Burg, Shea Levy, Tim Cuthbertson, Tuomas +Tynkkynen, Utku Demir and Vladimír Čunát. |