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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.7.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.7.md index fb18e797d..8c3a9f357 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.7.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.7.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ features: builds a previously built derivation again, and prints an error message if the output is not exactly the same. This helps to verify whether a derivation is truly deterministic. For example: - + $ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A patchelf … $ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A patchelf --check @@ -43,31 +43,31 @@ features: '1 + 2'` will print `3`. - `nix-shell` improvements: - + - It has a new flag, `--packages` (or `-p`), that sets up a build environment containing the specified packages from Nixpkgs. For example, the command - + $ nix-shell -p sqlite xorg.libX11 hello - + will start a shell in which the given packages are present. - + - It now uses `shell.nix` as the default expression, falling back to `default.nix` if the former doesn’t exist. This makes it convenient to have a `shell.nix` in your project to set up a nice development environment. - + - It evaluates the derivation attribute `shellHook`, if set. Since `stdenv` does not normally execute this hook, it allows you to do `nix-shell`-specific setup. - + - It preserves the user’s timezone setting. - In chroots, Nix now sets up a `/dev` containing only a minimal set of devices (such as `/dev/null`). Note that it only does this if you *don’t* have `/dev` listed in your `build-chroot-dirs` setting; otherwise, it will bind-mount the `/dev` from outside the chroot. - + Similarly, if you don’t have `/dev/pts` listed in `build-chroot-dirs`, Nix will mount a private `devpts` filesystem on the chroot’s `/dev/pts`. @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ features: such as attribute sets. - The `-A` flag now allows attribute names with dots in them, e.g. - + $ nix-instantiate --eval '<nixos>' -A 'config.systemd.units."nscd.service".text' - The `--max-freed` option to `nix-store --gc` now accepts a unit @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ features: `unsafeGetAttrPos`, that returns the position of an attribute. This is used by Nixpkgs to provide location information in error messages, e.g. - + $ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A libreoffice --argstr system x86_64-darwin error: the package ‘libreoffice-4.0.5.2’ in ‘.../applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix:263’ is not supported on ‘x86_64-darwin’ @@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ features: - The binary tarball installer has been improved. You can now install Nix by running: - + $ bash <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) - More evaluation errors include position information. For instance, selecting a missing attribute will print something like - + error: attribute `nixUnstabl' missing, at /etc/nixos/configurations/misc/eelco/mandark.nix:216:15 - The command `nix-setuid-helper` is gone. |