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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/diff-hook.md10
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md8
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md10
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md12
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md24
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md16
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md10
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md8
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md16
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-shell.md24
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/export.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/opt-common.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/query.md14
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/glossary.md9
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/installation/upgrading.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/introduction.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/package-management/basic-package-mgmt.md24
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/package-management/binary-cache-substituter.md4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/package-management/channels.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/package-management/profiles.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/package-management/ssh-substituter.md4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md1
37 files changed, 133 insertions, 129 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/diff-hook.md b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/diff-hook.md
index 4a742c160..207aad3b8 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/diff-hook.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/diff-hook.md
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ If the build passes and is deterministic, Nix will exit with a status
code of 0:
```console
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A stable
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr stable
this derivation will be built:
/nix/store/z98fasz2jqy9gs0xbvdj939p27jwda38-stable.drv
building '/nix/store/z98fasz2jqy9gs0xbvdj939p27jwda38-stable.drv'...
/nix/store/yyxlzw3vqaas7wfp04g0b1xg51f2czgq-stable
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A stable --check
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr stable --check
checking outputs of '/nix/store/z98fasz2jqy9gs0xbvdj939p27jwda38-stable.drv'...
/nix/store/yyxlzw3vqaas7wfp04g0b1xg51f2czgq-stable
```
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ If the build is not deterministic, Nix will exit with a status code of
1:
```console
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A unstable
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr unstable
this derivation will be built:
/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv
building '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv'...
/nix/store/krpqk0l9ib0ibi1d2w52z293zw455cap-unstable
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A unstable --check
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr unstable --check
checking outputs of '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv'...
error: derivation '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv' may
not be deterministic: output '/nix/store/krpqk0l9ib0ibi1d2w52z293zw455cap-unstable' differs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Using `--check` with `--keep-failed` will cause Nix to keep the second
build's output in a special, `.check` path:
```console
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A unstable --check --keep-failed
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr unstable --check --keep-failed
checking outputs of '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv'...
note: keeping build directory '/tmp/nix-build-unstable.drv-0'
error: derivation '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv' may
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md
index fefd10100..73a113d35 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ contains Nix.
> **Warning**
>
-> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user
-> account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to the remote
-> machine. If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to
-> access to remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by
-> passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix`.
+> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to a user (not necessarily `root`) on the remote machine.
+>
+> If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to access the remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix` when running a Nix command from the local machine.
The list of remote machines can be specified on the command line or in
the Nix configuration file. The former is convenient for testing. For
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.md b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.md
index 1479cc3a4..a251dec48 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Then, restart the `nix-daemon`.
Build any derivation, for example:
```console
-$ nix-build -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).writeText "example" (builtins.toString builtins.currentTime)'
+$ nix-build --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).writeText "example" (builtins.toString builtins.currentTime)'
this derivation will be built:
/nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv
building '/nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv'...
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md
index 44de4cf53..f70bbd7f2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ except for `--arg` and `--attr` / `-A` which are passed to `nix-instantiate`.
# Examples
```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A firefox
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr firefox
store derivation is /nix/store/qybprl8sz2lc...-firefox-1.5.0.7.drv
/nix/store/d18hyl92g30l...-firefox-1.5.0.7
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ If a derivation has multiple outputs, `nix-build` will build the default
(first) output. You can also build all outputs:
```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.all
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr openssl.all
```
This will create a symlink for each output named `result-outputname`.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ outputs `out`, `bin` and `man`, `nix-build` will create symlinks
specific output:
```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.man
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr openssl.man
```
This will create a symlink `result-man`.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This will create a symlink `result-man`.
Build a Nix expression given on the command line:
```console
-$ nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "foo" { } "echo bar > $out"'
+$ nix-build --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "foo" { } "echo bar > $out"'
$ cat ./result
bar
```
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ Build the GNU Hello package from the latest revision of the master
branch of Nixpkgs:
```console
-$ nix-build https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -A hello
+$ nix-build https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz --attr hello
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md
index 72d3e422b..a210583ae 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ The list of subscribed channels is stored in `~/.nix-channels`.
{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+# Files
+
+`nix-channel` operates on the following files.
+
+{{#include ./files/channels.md}}
+
# Examples
To subscribe to the Nixpkgs channel and install the GNU Hello package:
@@ -59,18 +65,18 @@ To subscribe to the Nixpkgs channel and install the GNU Hello package:
```console
$ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
$ nix-channel --update
-$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.hello
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.hello
```
You can revert channel updates using `--rollback`:
```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
"14.04.527.0e935f1"
$ nix-channel --rollback
switching from generation 483 to 482
-$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
"14.04.526.dbadfad"
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md
index 0801e8246..fbf6828da 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ environment:
```console
$ nix-copy-closure --from alice@itchy.labs \
/nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
-$ nix-env -i /nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
+$ nix-env --install /nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md
index b4a3dce49..941723216 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ These pages can be viewed offline:
# Selectors
-Several commands, such as `nix-env -q` and `nix-env -i`, take a list of
+Several commands, such as `nix-env --query ` and `nix-env --install `, 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 **regex**(7).) The match is
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ match. Here are some examples:
# Files
+`nix-env` operates on the following files.
+
{{#include ./files/default-nix-expression.md}}
{{#include ./files/profiles.md}}
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md
index 6f0af5384..92cb7f0d9 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ $ nix-env --delete-generations 30d
```
```console
-$ nix-env -p other_profile --delete-generations old
+$ nix-env --profile other_profile --delete-generations old
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md
index d754accfe..ad179cbc7 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ a number of possible ways:
then the derivation with the highest version will be installed.
You can force the installation of multiple derivations with the same
- name by being specific about the versions. For instance, `nix-env -i
+ name by being specific about the versions. For instance, `nix-env --install
gcc-3.3.6 gcc-4.1.1` will install both version of GCC (and will
probably cause a user environment conflict\!).
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ a number of possible ways:
paths* that select attributes from the top-level Nix
expression. This is faster than using derivation names and
unambiguous. To find out the attribute paths of available
- packages, use `nix-env -qaP`.
+ packages, use `nix-env --query --available --attr-path `.
- If `--from-profile` *path* is given, *args* is a set of names
denoting installed store paths in the profile *path*. This is an
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ a number of possible ways:
- `--remove-all` / `-r`\
Remove all previously installed packages first. This is equivalent
- to running `nix-env -e '.*'` first, except that everything happens
+ to running `nix-env --uninstall '.*'` first, except that everything happens
in a single transaction.
{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ a number of possible ways:
To install a package using a specific attribute path from the active Nix expression:
```console
-$ nix-env -iA gcc40mips
+$ nix-env --install --attr gcc40mips
installing `gcc-4.0.2'
-$ nix-env -iA xorg.xorgserver
+$ nix-env --install --attr xorg.xorgserver
installing `xorg-server-1.2.0'
```
@@ -133,32 +133,32 @@ installing `gcc-3.3.2'
To install all derivations in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
```console
-$ nix-env -f ~/foo.nix -i '.*'
+$ nix-env --file ~/foo.nix --install '.*'
```
To copy the store path with symbolic name `gcc` from another profile:
```console
-$ nix-env -i --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/foo gcc
+$ nix-env --install --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/foo gcc
```
To install a specific [store derivation] (typically created by
`nix-instantiate`):
```console
-$ nix-env -i /nix/store/fibjb1bfbpm5mrsxc4mh2d8n37sxh91i-gcc-3.4.3.drv
+$ nix-env --install /nix/store/fibjb1bfbpm5mrsxc4mh2d8n37sxh91i-gcc-3.4.3.drv
```
To install a specific output path:
```console
-$ nix-env -i /nix/store/y3cgx0xj1p4iv9x0pnnmdhr8iyg741vk-gcc-3.4.3
+$ nix-env --install /nix/store/y3cgx0xj1p4iv9x0pnnmdhr8iyg741vk-gcc-3.4.3
```
To install from a Nix expression specified on the command-line:
```console
-$ nix-env -f ./foo.nix -i -E \
+$ nix-env --file ./foo.nix --install --expr \
'f: (f {system = "i686-linux";}).subversionWithJava'
```
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ function defined in `./foo.nix`.
A dry-run tells you which paths will be downloaded or built from source:
```console
-$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA hello --dry-run
+$ nix-env --file '<nixpkgs>' --install --attr hello --dry-run
(dry run; not doing anything)
installing ‘hello-2.10’
this path will be fetched (0.04 MiB download, 0.19 MiB unpacked):
@@ -182,6 +182,6 @@ To install Firefox from the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS 14.12
channel:
```console
-$ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz -iA firefox
+$ nix-env --file https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz --install --attr firefox
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md
index 18f0ee210..c9b4d8513 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ derivation is shown unless `--no-name` is specified.
To show installed packages:
```console
-$ nix-env -q
+$ nix-env --query
bison-1.875c
docbook-xml-4.2
firefox-1.0.4
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ ORBit2-2.8.3
To show available packages:
```console
-$ nix-env -qa
+$ nix-env --query --available
firefox-1.0.7
GConf-2.4.0.1
MPlayer-1.0pre7
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ORBit2-2.8.3
To show the status of available packages:
```console
-$ nix-env -qas
+$ nix-env --query --available --status
-P- firefox-1.0.7 (not installed but present)
--S GConf-2.4.0.1 (not present, but there is a substitute for fast installation)
--S MPlayer-1.0pre3 (i.e., this is not the installed MPlayer, even though the version is the same!)
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ IP- ORBit2-2.8.3 (installed and by definition present)
To show available packages in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
```console
-$ nix-env -f ./foo.nix -qa
+$ nix-env --file ./foo.nix --query --available
foo-1.2.3
```
To compare installed versions to what’s available:
```console
-$ nix-env -qc
+$ nix-env --query --compare-versions
...
acrobat-reader-7.0 - ? (package is not available at all)
autoconf-2.59 = 2.59 (same version)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ firefox-1.0.4 < 1.0.7 (a more recent version is available)
To show all packages with “`zip`” in the name:
```console
-$ nix-env -qa '.*zip.*'
+$ nix-env --query --available '.*zip.*'
bzip2-1.0.6
gzip-1.6
zip-3.0
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ zip-3.0
To show all packages with “`firefox`” or “`chromium`” in the name:
```console
-$ nix-env -qa '.*(firefox|chromium).*'
+$ nix-env --query --available '.*(firefox|chromium).*'
chromium-37.0.2062.94
chromium-beta-38.0.2125.24
firefox-32.0.3
@@ -210,6 +210,6 @@ firefox-with-plugins-13.0.1
To show all packages in the latest revision of the Nixpkgs repository:
```console
-$ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -qa
+$ nix-env --file https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz --query --available
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md
index 63f0a0ff9..e04b22a91 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ To prevent the currently installed Firefox from being upgraded:
$ nix-env --set-flag keep true firefox
```
-After this, `nix-env -u` will ignore Firefox.
+After this, `nix-env --upgrade ` will ignore Firefox.
To disable the currently installed Firefox, then install a new Firefox
while the old remains part of the profile:
```console
-$ nix-env -q
+$ nix-env --query
firefox-2.0.0.9 (the current one)
-$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
+$ nix-env --preserve-installed --install firefox-2.0.0.11
installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
building path(s) `/nix/store/myy0y59q3ig70dgq37jqwg1j0rsapzsl-user-environment'
collision between `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ collision between `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
$ nix-env --set-flag active false firefox
setting flag on `firefox-2.0.0.9'
-$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
+$ nix-env --preserve-installed --install firefox-2.0.0.11
installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
-$ nix-env -q
+$ nix-env --query
firefox-2.0.0.11 (the enabled one)
firefox-2.0.0.9 (the disabled one)
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md
index c1cf75739..b9950eeab 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ The following updates a profile such that its current generation will
contain just Firefox:
```console
-$ nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox
+$ nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md
index e550325c4..38cf0534d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Switching will fail if the specified generation does not exist.
# Examples
```console
-$ nix-env -G 42
+$ nix-env --switch-generation 42
switching from generation 50 to 42
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md
index b389e4140..5ae2fdced 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ the symlink `~/.nix-profile` is made to point to *path*.
# Examples
```console
-$ nix-env -S ~/my-profile
+$ nix-env --switch-profile ~/my-profile
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md
index e9ec8a15e..734cc7675 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ designated by the symbolic names *drvnames* are removed.
```console
$ nix-env --uninstall gcc
-$ nix-env -e '.*' (remove everything)
+$ nix-env --uninstall '.*' (remove everything)
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md
index f88ffcbee..322dfbda2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md
@@ -76,21 +76,21 @@ version is installed.
# Examples
```console
-$ nix-env --upgrade -A nixpkgs.gcc
+$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.gcc
upgrading `gcc-3.3.1' to `gcc-3.4'
```
When there are no updates available, nothing will happen:
```console
-$ nix-env --upgrade -A nixpkgs.pan
+$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.pan
```
Using `-A` is preferred when possible, as it is faster and unambiguous but
it is also possible to upgrade to a specific version by matching the derivation name:
```console
-$ nix-env -u gcc-3.3.2 --always
+$ nix-env --upgrade gcc-3.3.2 --always
upgrading `gcc-3.4' to `gcc-3.3.2'
```
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ To try to upgrade everything
(matching packages based on the part of the derivation name without version):
```console
-$ nix-env -u
+$ nix-env --upgrade
upgrading `hello-2.1.2' to `hello-2.1.3'
upgrading `mozilla-1.2' to `mozilla-1.4'
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md
index e55fb2afd..e1b4a3e80 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Instantiate [store derivation]s from a Nix expression, and build them using `nix
$ nix-instantiate test.nix (instantiate)
/nix/store/cigxbmvy6dzix98dxxh9b6shg7ar5bvs-perl-BerkeleyDB-0.26.drv
-$ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate test.nix) (build)
+$ nix-store --realise $(nix-instantiate test.nix) (build)
...
/nix/store/qhqk4n8ci095g3sdp93x7rgwyh9rdvgk-perl-BerkeleyDB-0.26 (output path)
@@ -100,30 +100,30 @@ dr-xr-xr-x 2 eelco users 4096 1970-01-01 01:00 lib
You can also give a Nix expression on the command line:
```console
-$ nix-instantiate -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; hello'
+$ nix-instantiate --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; hello'
/nix/store/j8s4zyv75a724q38cb0r87rlczaiag4y-hello-2.8.drv
```
This is equivalent to:
```console
-$ nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' -A hello
+$ nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' --attr hello
```
Parsing and evaluating Nix expressions:
```console
-$ nix-instantiate --parse -E '1 + 2'
+$ nix-instantiate --parse --expr '1 + 2'
1 + 2
```
```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '1 + 2'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '1 + 2'
3
```
```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E '1 + 2'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr '1 + 2'
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<expr>
<int value="3" />
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ $ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E '1 + 2'
The difference between non-strict and strict evaluation:
```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
...
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Note that `y` is left unevaluated (the XML representation doesn’t
attempt to show non-normal forms).
```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --strict -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --strict --expr 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
...
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-shell.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-shell.md
index 576e5ba0b..195b72be5 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-shell.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-shell.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ All options not listed here are passed to `nix-store
- `--packages` / `-p` *packages*…\
Set up an environment in which the specified packages are present.
The command line arguments are interpreted as attribute names inside
- the Nix Packages collection. Thus, `nix-shell -p libjpeg openjdk`
+ the Nix Packages collection. Thus, `nix-shell --packages libjpeg openjdk`
will start a shell in which the packages denoted by the attribute
names `libjpeg` and `openjdk` are present.
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ To build the dependencies of the package Pan, and start an interactive
shell in which to build it:
```console
-$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan
+$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' --attr pan
[nix-shell]$ eval ${unpackPhase:-unpackPhase}
[nix-shell]$ cd $sourceRoot
[nix-shell]$ eval ${patchPhase:-patchPhase}
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ To clear the environment first, and do some additional automatic
initialisation of the interactive shell:
```console
-$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan --pure \
+$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' --attr pan --pure \
--command 'export NIX_DEBUG=1; export NIX_CORES=8; return'
```
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ Nix expressions can also be given on the command line using the `-E` and
packages `sqlite` and `libX11`:
```console
-$ nix-shell -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "dummy" { buildInputs = [ sqlite xorg.libX11 ]; } ""'
+$ nix-shell --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "dummy" { buildInputs = [ sqlite xorg.libX11 ]; } ""'
```
A shorter way to do the same is:
```console
-$ nix-shell -p sqlite xorg.libX11
+$ nix-shell --packages sqlite xorg.libX11
[nix-shell]$ echo $NIX_LDFLAGS
… -L/nix/store/j1zg5v…-sqlite-3.8.0.2/lib -L/nix/store/0gmcz9…-libX11-1.6.1/lib …
```
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ the `buildInputs = [ ... ]` shown above, not only package names. So the
following is also legal:
```console
-$ nix-shell -p sqlite 'git.override { withManual = false; }'
+$ nix-shell --packages sqlite 'git.override { withManual = false; }'
```
The `-p` flag looks up Nixpkgs in the Nix search path. You can override
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ gives you a shell containing the Pan package from a specific revision of
Nixpkgs:
```console
-$ nix-shell -p pan -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/8a3eea054838b55aca962c3fbde9c83c102b8bf2.tar.gz
+$ nix-shell --packages pan -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/8a3eea054838b55aca962c3fbde9c83c102b8bf2.tar.gz
[nix-shell:~]$ pan --version
Pan 0.139
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ done by starting the script with the following lines:
```bash
#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i real-interpreter -p packages
+#! nix-shell -i real-interpreter --packages packages
```
where *real-interpreter* is the “real” script interpreter that will be
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ For example, here is a Python script that depends on Python and the
```python
#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i python -p python pythonPackages.prettytable
+#! nix-shell -i python --packages python pythonPackages.prettytable
import prettytable
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ requires Perl and the `HTML::TokeParser::Simple` and `LWP` packages:
```perl
#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i perl -p perl perlPackages.HTMLTokeParserSimple perlPackages.LWP
+#! nix-shell -i perl --packages perl perlPackages.HTMLTokeParserSimple perlPackages.LWP
use HTML::TokeParser::Simple;
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ package like Terraform:
```bash
#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i bash -p "terraform.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.openstack ])"
+#! nix-shell -i bash --packages "terraform.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.openstack ])"
terraform apply
```
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ branch):
```haskell
#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i runghc -p "haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (ps: [ps.download-curl ps.tagsoup])"
+#! nix-shell -i runghc --packages "haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (ps: [ps.download-curl ps.tagsoup])"
#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-20.03.tar.gz
import Network.Curl.Download
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md
index 62656d599..c2f3c42ef 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ produce the same NAR archive. For instance, directory entries are
always sorted so that the actual on-disk order doesn’t influence the
result. This means that the cryptographic hash of a NAR dump of a
path is usable as a fingerprint of the contents of the path. Indeed,
-the hashes of store paths stored in Nix’s database (see `nix-store -q
+the hashes of store paths stored in Nix’s database (see `nix-store --query
--hash`) are SHA-256 hashes of the NAR dump of each store path.
NAR archives support filenames of unlimited length and 64-bit file
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/export.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/export.md
index aeea38636..1bc46f53b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/export.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/export.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To copy a whole closure, do something
like:
```console
-$ nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR paths) > out
+$ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites paths) > out
```
To import the whole closure again, run:
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/opt-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/opt-common.md
index bf6566555..dd9a6bf21 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/opt-common.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/opt-common.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following options are allowed for all `nix-store` operations, but may not al
be created in `/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/`. For instance,
```console
- $ nix-store --add-root /home/eelco/bla/result -r ...
+ $ nix-store --add-root /home/eelco/bla/result --realise ...
$ ls -l /nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ... 2005-03-13 21:10 dn54lcypm8f8... -> /home/eelco/bla/result
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/query.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/query.md
index 9f7dbd3e8..cd45a4932 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/query.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/query.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Print the closure (runtime dependencies) of the `svn` program in the
current user environment:
```console
-$ nix-store -qR $(which svn)
+$ nix-store --query --requisites $(which svn)
/nix/store/5mbglq5ldqld8sj57273aljwkfvj22mc-subversion-1.1.4
/nix/store/9lz9yc6zgmc0vlqmn2ipcpkjlmbi51vv-glibc-2.3.4
...
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ $ nix-store -qR $(which svn)
Print the build-time dependencies of `svn`:
```console
-$ nix-store -qR $(nix-store -qd $(which svn))
+$ nix-store --query --requisites $(nix-store --query --deriver $(which svn))
/nix/store/02iizgn86m42q905rddvg4ja975bk2i4-grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2.drv
/nix/store/07a2bzxmzwz5hp58nf03pahrv2ygwgs3-gcc-wrapper.sh
/nix/store/0ma7c9wsbaxahwwl04gbw3fcd806ski4-glibc-2.3.4.drv
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ the derivation (`-qd`), not the closure of the output path that contains
Show the build-time dependencies as a tree:
```console
-$ nix-store -q --tree $(nix-store -qd $(which svn))
+$ nix-store --query --tree $(nix-store --query --deriver $(which svn))
/nix/store/7i5082kfb6yjbqdbiwdhhza0am2xvh6c-subversion-1.1.4.drv
+---/nix/store/d8afh10z72n8l1cr5w42366abiblgn54-builder.sh
+---/nix/store/fmzxmpjx2lh849ph0l36snfj9zdibw67-bash-3.0.drv
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ $ nix-store -q --tree $(nix-store -qd $(which svn))
Show all paths that depend on the same OpenSSL library as `svn`:
```console
-$ nix-store -q --referrers $(nix-store -q --binding openssl $(nix-store -qd $(which svn)))
+$ nix-store --query --referrers $(nix-store --query --binding openssl $(nix-store --query --deriver $(which svn)))
/nix/store/23ny9l9wixx21632y2wi4p585qhva1q8-sylpheed-1.0.0
/nix/store/5mbglq5ldqld8sj57273aljwkfvj22mc-subversion-1.1.4
/nix/store/dpmvp969yhdqs7lm2r1a3gng7pyq6vy4-subversion-1.1.3
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Show all paths that directly or indirectly depend on the Glibc (C
library) used by `svn`:
```console
-$ nix-store -q --referrers-closure $(ldd $(which svn) | grep /libc.so | awk '{print $3}')
+$ nix-store --query --referrers-closure $(ldd $(which svn) | grep /libc.so | awk '{print $3}')
/nix/store/034a6h4vpz9kds5r6kzb9lhh81mscw43-libgnomeprintui-2.8.2
/nix/store/15l3yi0d45prm7a82pcrknxdh6nzmxza-gawk-3.1.4
...
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Make a picture of the runtime dependency graph of the current user
environment:
```console
-$ nix-store -q --graph ~/.nix-profile | dot -Tps > graph.ps
+$ nix-store --query --graph ~/.nix-profile | dot -Tps > graph.ps
$ gv graph.ps
```
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Show every garbage collector root that points to a store path that
depends on `svn`:
```console
-$ nix-store -q --roots $(which svn)
+$ nix-store --query --roots $(which svn)
/nix/var/nix/profiles/default-81-link
/nix/var/nix/profiles/default-82-link
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-97-link
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md
index 4a88e9382..d1ff17891 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ substitute, then the log is unavailable.
# Example
```console
-$ nix-store -l $(which ktorrent)
+$ nix-store --read-log $(which ktorrent)
building /nix/store/dhc73pvzpnzxhdgpimsd9sw39di66ph1-ktorrent-2.2.1
unpacking sources
unpacking source archive /nix/store/p8n1jpqs27mgkjw07pb5269717nzf5f8-ktorrent-2.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md
index f61a20100..6b50d2145 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ This operation is typically used to build [store derivation]s produced by
[store derivation]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
```console
-$ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate ./test.nix)
+$ nix-store --realise $(nix-instantiate ./test.nix)
/nix/store/31axcgrlbfsxzmfff1gyj1bf62hvkby2-aterm-2.3.1
```
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ This is essentially what [`nix-build`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-build.md) does.
To test whether a previously-built derivation is deterministic:
```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A hello --check -K
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr hello --check -K
```
Use [`nix-store --read-log`](./read-log.md) to show the stderr and stdout of a build:
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md
index 59ffe92a3..927201599 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ path has changed, and 1 otherwise.
To verify the integrity of the `svn` command and all its dependencies:
```console
-$ nix-store --verify-path $(nix-store -qR $(which svn))
+$ nix-store --verify-path $(nix-store --query --requisites $(which svn))
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md
index 7a012250d..54c0a1d0d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
}: ...
```
- So if you call this Nix expression (e.g., when you do `nix-env -iA
+ So if you call this Nix expression (e.g., when you do `nix-env --install --attr
pkgname`), the function will be called automatically using the
value [`builtins.currentSystem`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md) for
the `system` argument. You can override this using `--arg`, e.g.,
- `nix-env -iA pkgname --arg system \"i686-freebsd\"`. (Note that
+ `nix-env --install --attr pkgname --arg system \"i686-freebsd\"`. (Note that
since the argument is a Nix string literal, you have to escape the
quotes.)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
For `nix-shell`, this option is commonly used to give you a shell in
which you can build the packages returned by the expression. If you
want to get a shell which contain the *built* packages ready for
- use, give your expression to the `nix-shell -p` convenience flag
+ use, give your expression to the `nix-shell --packages ` convenience flag
instead.
- <span id="opt-I">[`-I`](#opt-I)</span> *path*\
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
index ca69f076a..b954a2167 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $ nix-shell
To get a shell with one of the other [supported compilation environments](#compilation-environments):
```console
-$ nix-shell -A devShells.x86_64-linux.native-clang11StdenvPackages
+$ nix-shell --attr devShells.x86_64-linux.native-clang11StdenvPackages
```
> **Note**
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ $ nix build .#packages.aarch64-linux.default
for flake-enabled Nix, or
```console
-$ nix-build -A packages.aarch64-linux.default
+$ nix-build --attr packages.aarch64-linux.default
```
for classic Nix.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ $ nix build .#nix-ccacheStdenv
for flake-enabled Nix, or
```console
-$ nix-build -A nix-ccacheStdenv
+$ nix-build --attr nix-ccacheStdenv
```
for classic Nix.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md
index eeb19ad50..e142bd415 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md
@@ -101,11 +101,8 @@
derivation.
- [output-addressed store object]{#gloss-output-addressed-store-object}\
- A store object whose store path hashes its content. This
- includes derivations, the outputs of
- [content-addressed derivations](#gloss-content-addressed-derivation),
- and the outputs of
- [fixed-output derivations](#gloss-fixed-output-derivation).
+ A [store object] whose [store path] is determined by its contents.
+ This includes derivations, the outputs of [content-addressed derivations](#gloss-content-addressed-derivation), and the outputs of [fixed-output derivations](#gloss-fixed-output-derivation).
- [substitute]{#gloss-substitute}\
A substitute is a command invocation stored in the [Nix database] that
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@
build-time dependencies, while the closure of its output path is
equivalent to its runtime dependencies. For correct deployment it
is necessary to deploy whole closures, since otherwise at runtime
- files could be missing. The command `nix-store -qR` prints out
+ files could be missing. The command `nix-store --query --requisites ` prints out
closures of store paths.
As an example, if the [store object] at path `P` contains a [reference]
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/upgrading.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/upgrading.md
index 24efc4681..6d09f54d8 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/installation/upgrading.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/upgrading.md
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running: `sudo -i sh -c
'nix-channel --update &&
-nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix &&
+nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.nix &&
launchctl remove org.nixos.nix-daemon &&
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist'`
Single-user installations of Nix should run this: `nix-channel --update;
-nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert`
+nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert`
Multi-user Nix users on Linux should run this with sudo: `nix-channel
---update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert; systemctl
+--update; nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert; systemctl
daemon-reload; systemctl restart nix-daemon`
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/introduction.md b/doc/manual/src/introduction.md
index b54346db8..76489bc1b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/introduction.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/introduction.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ there after an upgrade. This means that you can _roll back_ to the
old version:
```console
-$ nix-env --upgrade -A nixpkgs.some-package
+$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.some-package
$ nix-env --rollback
```
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Nix expressions generally describe how to build a package from
source, so an installation action like
```console
-$ nix-env --install -A nixpkgs.firefox
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.firefox
```
_could_ cause quite a bit of build activity, as not only Firefox but
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Pan newsreader, as described by [its
Nix expression](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix):
```console
-$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan
+$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' --attr pan
```
You’re then dropped into a shell where you can edit, build and test
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/basic-package-mgmt.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/basic-package-mgmt.md
index 5f1d7a89c..6b86e763e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/basic-package-mgmt.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/basic-package-mgmt.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $ nix-channel --update
You can view the set of available packages in Nixpkgs:
```console
-$ nix-env -qaP
+$ nix-env --query --available --attr-path
nixpkgs.aterm aterm-2.2
nixpkgs.bash bash-3.0
nixpkgs.binutils binutils-2.15
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ If you downloaded Nixpkgs yourself, or if you checked it out from GitHub,
then you need to pass the path to your Nixpkgs tree using the `-f` flag:
```console
-$ nix-env -qaPf /path/to/nixpkgs
+$ nix-env --query --available --attr-path --file /path/to/nixpkgs
aterm aterm-2.2
bash bash-3.0
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Nixpkgs.
You can filter the packages by name:
```console
-$ nix-env -qaP firefox
+$ nix-env --query --available --attr-path firefox
nixpkgs.firefox-esr firefox-91.3.0esr
nixpkgs.firefox firefox-94.0.1
```
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ nixpkgs.firefox firefox-94.0.1
and using regular expressions:
```console
-$ nix-env -qaP 'firefox.*'
+$ nix-env --query --available --attr-path 'firefox.*'
```
It is also possible to see the *status* of available packages, i.e.,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ whether they are installed into the user environment and/or present in
the system:
```console
-$ nix-env -qaPs
+$ nix-env --query --available --attr-path --status
-PS nixpkgs.bash bash-3.0
--S nixpkgs.binutils binutils-2.15
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ which is Nix’s mechanism for doing binary deployment. It just means that
Nix knows that it can fetch a pre-built package from somewhere
(typically a network server) instead of building it locally.
-You can install a package using `nix-env -iA`. For instance,
+You can install a package using `nix-env --install --attr `. For instance,
```console
-$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.subversion
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.subversion
```
will install the package called `subversion` from `nixpkgs` channel (which is, of course, the
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ instead of the attribute path, as `nix-env` does not record which attribute
was used for installing:
```console
-$ nix-env -e subversion
+$ nix-env --uninstall subversion
```
Upgrading to a new version is just as easy. If you have a new release of
Nix Packages, you can do:
```console
-$ nix-env -uA nixpkgs.subversion
+$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.subversion
```
This will *only* upgrade Subversion if there is a “newer” version in the
@@ -163,15 +163,15 @@ whatever version is in the Nix expressions, use `-i` instead of `-u`;
You can also upgrade all packages for which there are newer versions:
```console
-$ nix-env -u
+$ nix-env --upgrade
```
Sometimes it’s useful to be able to ask what `nix-env` would do, without
actually doing it. For instance, to find out what packages would be
-upgraded by `nix-env -u`, you can do
+upgraded by `nix-env --upgrade `, you can do
```console
-$ nix-env -u --dry-run
+$ nix-env --upgrade --dry-run
(dry run; not doing anything)
upgrading `libxslt-1.1.0' to `libxslt-1.1.10'
upgrading `graphviz-1.10' to `graphviz-1.12'
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/binary-cache-substituter.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/binary-cache-substituter.md
index 5befad9f8..855eaf470 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/binary-cache-substituter.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/binary-cache-substituter.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The daemon that handles binary cache requests via HTTP, `nix-serve`, is
not part of the Nix distribution, but you can install it from Nixpkgs:
```console
-$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix-serve
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.nix-serve
```
You can then start the server, listening for HTTP connections on
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ On the client side, you can tell Nix to use your binary cache using
`--substituters`, e.g.:
```console
-$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.firefox --substituters http://avalon:8080/
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.firefox --substituters http://avalon:8080/
```
The option `substituters` tells Nix to use this binary cache in
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/channels.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/channels.md
index 93c8b41a6..8e4da180b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/channels.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/channels.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ operations (via the symlink `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`). Consequently,
you can then say
```console
-$ nix-env -u
+$ nix-env --upgrade
```
to upgrade all packages in your profile to the latest versions available
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md
index d3fac4d76..14326298b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ With `nix-store
path (that is, the path and all its dependencies) to a file, and then
unpack that file into another Nix store. For example,
- $ nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR $(type -p firefox)) > firefox.closure
+ $ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites $(type -p firefox)) > firefox.closure
writes the closure of Firefox to a file. You can then copy this file to
another machine and install the closure:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ store are ignored. It is also possible to pipe the export into another
command, e.g. to copy and install a closure directly to/on another
machine:
- $ nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR $(type -p firefox)) | bzip2 | \
+ $ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites $(type -p firefox)) | bzip2 | \
ssh alice@itchy.example.org "bunzip2 | nix-store --import"
However, `nix-copy-closure` is generally more efficient because it only
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/profiles.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/profiles.md
index d1a2580d4..1d9e672a8 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/profiles.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/profiles.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ just Subversion 1.1.2 (arrows in the figure indicate symlinks). This
would be what we would obtain if we had done
```console
-$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.subversion
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.subversion
```
on a set of Nix expressions that contained Subversion 1.1.2.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ environment is generated based on the current one. For instance,
generation 43 was created from generation 42 when we did
```console
-$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.subversion nixpkgs.firefox
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.subversion nixpkgs.firefox
```
on a set of Nix expressions that contained Firefox and a new version of
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ All `nix-env` operations work on the profile pointed to by
(abbreviation `-p`):
```console
-$ nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/other-profile -iA nixpkgs.subversion
+$ nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/other-profile --install --attr nixpkgs.subversion
```
This will *not* change the `~/.nix-profile` symlink.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/ssh-substituter.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/ssh-substituter.md
index c59933f61..7014c3cc8 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/ssh-substituter.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/ssh-substituter.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ automatically fetching any store paths in Firefox’s closure if they are
available on the server `avalon`:
```console
-$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.firefox --substituters ssh://alice@avalon
+$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.firefox --substituters ssh://alice@avalon
```
This works similar to the binary cache substituter that Nix usually
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ You can also copy the closure of some store path, without installing it
into your profile, e.g.
```console
-$ nix-store -r /nix/store/m85bxg…-firefox-34.0.5 --substituters
+$ nix-store --realise /nix/store/m85bxg…-firefox-34.0.5 --substituters
ssh://alice@avalon
```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
index bc0d41bdf..f92625887 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
The number of parallel downloads (also known as substitutions) has been separated from the [`--max-jobs` setting](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-max-jobs).
The new setting is called [`max-substitution-jobs`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-max-substitution-jobs).
The number of parallel downloads is now set to 16 by default (previously, the default was 1 due to the coupling to build jobs).
+- The function `builtins.replaceStrings` is now lazy in the value of its second argument `to`, that is a replacee in `to` is only evaluated when its corresponding pattern in `from` is matched in the string `s`.