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-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.10.md | 31 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md | 2 |
4 files changed, 34 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in index 825a8b4c0..9728728aa 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in +++ b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ - [CLI guideline](contributing/cli-guideline.md) - [Release Notes](release-notes/release-notes.md) - [Release X.Y (202?-??-??)](release-notes/rl-next.md) + - [Release 2.10 (2022-07-11)](release-notes/rl-2.10.md) - [Release 2.9 (2022-05-30)](release-notes/rl-2.9.md) - [Release 2.8 (2022-04-19)](release-notes/rl-2.8.md) - [Release 2.7 (2022-03-07)](release-notes/rl-2.7.md) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md index 8d6abaf52..a372c5eae 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ subcommand to be performed. These are documented below. Several commands, such as `nix-env -q` and `nix-env -i`, take a list of arguments that specify the packages on which to operate. These are extended regular expressions that must match the entire name of the -package. (For details on regular expressions, see regex7.) The match is +package. (For details on regular expressions, see **regex**(7).) The match is case-sensitive. The regular expression can optionally be followed by a dash and a version number; if omitted, any version of the package will match. Here are some examples: @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ The upgrade operation determines whether a derivation `y` is an upgrade of a derivation `x` by looking at their respective `name` attributes. The names (e.g., `gcc-3.3.1` are split into two parts: the package name (`gcc`), and the version (`3.3.1`). The version part starts after the -first dash not followed by a letter. `x` is considered an upgrade of `y` +first dash not followed by a letter. `y` is considered an upgrade of `x` if their package names match, and the version of `y` is higher than that of `x`. 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. diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md index 52e3b6240..78ae99f4b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md @@ -1,4 +1,2 @@ # Release X.Y (202?-??-??) -* Nix can now be built with LTO by passing `--enable-lto` to `configure`. - LTO is currently only supported when building with GCC. |