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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.10.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.10.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b99dbeef0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.10.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# Release 2.10 (2022-07-11) + +* `nix repl` now takes installables on the command line, unifying the usage + with other commands that use `--file` and `--expr`. Primary breaking change + is for the common usage of `nix repl '<nixpkgs>'` which can be recovered with + `nix repl --file '<nixpkgs>'` or `nix repl --expr 'import <nixpkgs>{}'`. + + This is currently guarded by the `repl-flake` experimental feature. + +* A new function `builtins.traceVerbose` is available. It is similar + to `builtins.trace` if the `trace-verbose` setting is set to true, + and it is a no-op otherwise. + +* `nix search` has a new flag `--exclude` to filter out packages. + +* On Linux, if `/nix` doesn't exist and cannot be created and you're + not running as root, Nix will automatically use + `~/.local/share/nix/root` as a chroot store. This enables non-root + users to download the statically linked Nix binary and have it work + out of the box, e.g. + + ``` + # ~/nix run nixpkgs#hello + warning: '/nix' does not exists, so Nix will use '/home/ubuntu/.local/share/nix/root' as a chroot store + Hello, world! + ``` + +* `flake-registry.json` is now fetched from `channels.nixos.org`. + +* Nix can now be built with LTO by passing `--enable-lto` to `configure`. + LTO is currently only supported when building with GCC. |