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2017-01-03Drop a few more references to all-packages.nixEelco Dolstra
And also don't refer to f-spot, which apparently no longer exists. Issue #1170.
2016-12-28Document the common --no-build-hook optionzimbatm
2016-12-16manual: add NIX_CONF_DIR to conf-file sectionDaiderd Jordan
2016-10-31Support optional sandbox pathsEelco Dolstra
For example, you can now set build-sandbox-paths = /dev/nvidiactl? to specify that /dev/nvidiactl should only be mounted in the sandbox if it exists in the host filesystem. This is useful e.g. for EC2 images that should support both CUDA and non-CUDA instances.
2016-09-21Add sandbox-dev-shm-size optionEelco Dolstra
Fixes #1069.
2016-09-14Revive binary-caches-parallel-connectionsEelco Dolstra
It's a slight misnomer now because it actually limits *all* downloads, not just binary cache lookups. Also add a "enable-http2" option to allow disabling use of HTTP/2 (enabled by default).
2016-08-10s/powerpc-darwin/x86_64-darwin/Domen Kožar
Let's step in line with time and document more realistic values.
2016-08-10Remove $NIX_DB_DIREelco Dolstra
This variable has no reason to exist, given $NIX_STATE_DIR.
2016-08-10Nuke nix-push.Shea Levy
Rarely used, nix copy replaces it.
2016-08-10Remove nix-install-package.Shea Levy
Refs #831
2016-06-20Fix manual buildEelco Dolstra
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/36944270
2016-06-15Remove nix-copy-closure reference note from nix-store docsJohannes 'fish' Ziemke
nix-copy-closure is not using nix-store directly anymore.
2016-04-29BinaryCacheStore: Make the signing key a parameterEelco Dolstra
2016-04-25Improved logging abstractionEelco Dolstra
This also gets rid of --log-type, since the nested log type isn't useful in a multi-threaded situation, and nobody cares about the "pretty" log type.
2016-04-14Merge pull request #815 from vcunat/p/outputsToInstallEelco Dolstra
nix-env: respect meta.outputsToInstall
2016-04-11Remove manifest supportEelco Dolstra
Manifests have been superseded by binary caches for years. This also gets rid of nix-pull, nix-generate-patches and bsdiff/bspatch.
2016-04-08Remove failed build cachingEelco Dolstra
This feature was implemented for Hydra, but Hydra no longer uses it.
2016-03-22Remove references to old-school signingEelco Dolstra
2016-03-14Fix bad DocBookEelco Dolstra
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/33087405
2016-03-10Merge pull request #822 from cstrahan/nix-store-serveEelco Dolstra
add docs for `nix-store --serve`
2016-03-04Add option binary-cache-secret-key-file for signing binary cachesEelco Dolstra
2016-02-27add docs for `nix-store --serve`Charles Strahan
2016-02-23nix-env: respect meta.outputsToInstallVladimír Čunát
Discussed on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/12653#discussion_r51601849
2016-02-18Document IN_NIX_SHELL variableJoel Moberg
2016-02-13Fix typo in nix-shell command reference.Scott Olson
2016-01-18Document --checkEelco Dolstra
2016-01-18doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml: document --max-freed optionPeter Simons
Mention the --max-freed option in the nix-collect-garbage man page. Related to https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/609.
2016-01-05propagate NIX_BUILD_SHELL also in pure builds document NIX_BUILD_SHELL in ↵Fabian Schmitthenner
the nix-shell command documentation
2016-01-05doc: Clarify why multiple arguments are not supported in shebang lineTim Cuthbertson
It's not a limitation of `/usr/bin/env`, it's just how the OS processes shebang lines (see http://stackoverflow.com/a/4304187)
2015-11-25Set default binary-caches-parallel-connections to 25Eelco Dolstra
Some benchmarking suggested this as a good value. Running $ benchmark -f ... -t 25 -- sh -c 'rm -f /nix/var/nix/binary-cache*; nix-store -r /nix/store/x5z8a2yvz8h6ccmhwrwrp9igg03575jg-nixos-15.09.git.5fd87e1M.drv --dry-run --option binary-caches-parallel-connections <N>' gave the following mean elapsed times for these values of N: N=10: 3.3541 N=20: 2.9320 N=25: 2.6690 N=30: 2.9417 N=50: 3.2021 N=100: 3.5718 N=150: 4.2079 Memory usage is also reduced (N=150 used 186 MB, N=25 only 68 MB). Closes #708.
2015-11-25Merge branch 'p/sandbox-rename-minimal' of https://github.com/vcunat/nixEelco Dolstra
2015-11-10rename `chroot` to `sandbox` (fixes #656, close #682)Vladimír Čunát
- rename options but leav old names as lower-priority aliases, also "-dirs" -> "-paths" to get closer to the meaning - update docs to reflect the new names (old aliases are not documented), including a new file with release notes - tests need an update after corresponding changes to nixpkgs - __noChroot is left as it is (after discussion on the PR)
2015-11-09Add option to verify build determinismEelco Dolstra
Passing "--option build-repeat <N>" will cause every build to be repeated N 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 at all.)
2015-10-08Fix typo in doc for nix-copy-closureAnders Claesson
2015-10-07nix-prefetch-url: Add --name optionEelco Dolstra
This allows overriding the name component of the resulting Nix store path, which is necessary if the base name of the URI contains "illegal" characters.
2015-10-07nix-prefetch-url: Support unpacking tarballsEelco Dolstra
This allows nix-prefetch-url to prefetch the output of fetchzip and its wrappers (like 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 In the latter case, --unpack can be omitted because nix-repl.src is a fetchFromGitHub derivation and thus has "outputHashMode" set to "recursive".
2015-10-01nix-prefetch-url: Support prefetching from a Nix expressionEelco Dolstra
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. This differs from ‘nix-build -A hello.src’ in that it doesn't verify the hash. You can also specify a path to the Nix expression: $ nix-prefetch-url ~/Dev/nixpkgs -A hello.src List elements (typically used in ‘patches’ attributes) also work: $ nix-prefetch-url -A portmidi.patches.0
2015-10-01nix-prefetch-url: $PRINT_PATH -> --print-pathEelco Dolstra
2015-09-17doc: fix the 'prebuild' typosVladimír Čunát
2015-07-20nix-copy-closure: Add -v flagEelco Dolstra
And make exportPath() less spammy by default.
2015-06-08Fix manualEelco Dolstra
2015-06-01Document setting up signed binary cachesEelco Dolstra
2015-06-01Document tarball downloadingEelco Dolstra
2015-06-01Document nix-shell #!-scriptsEelco Dolstra
2015-05-19nix-env: document --set optionCharles Strahan
2015-04-18Add the pre-build hook.Shea Levy
This hook can be used to set system-specific per-derivation build settings that don't fit into the derivation model and are too complex or volatile to be hard-coded into nix. Currently, the pre-build hook can only add chroot dirs/files through the interface, but it also has full access to the chroot root. The specific use case for this is systems where the operating system ABI is more complex than just the kernel-support system calls. For example, on OS X there is a set of system-provided frameworks that can reliably be accessed by any program linked to them, no matter the version the program is running on. Unfortunately, those frameworks do not necessarily live in the same locations on each version of OS X, nor do their dependencies, and thus nix needs to know the specific version of OS X currently running in order to make those frameworks available. The pre-build hook is a perfect mechanism for doing just that.
2015-04-18Revert "Add the pre-build hook."Shea Levy
Going to reimplement differently. This reverts commit 1e4a4a2e9fc382f47f58b448f3ee034cdd28218a.
2015-04-12Add the pre-build hook.Shea Levy
This hook can be used to set system specific per-derivation build settings that don't fit into the derivation model and are too complex or volatile to be hard-coded into nix. Currently, the pre-build hook can only add chroot dirs/files. The specific use case for this is systems where the operating system ABI is more complex than just the kernel-supported system calls. For example, on OS X there is a set of system-provided frameworks that can reliably be accessed by any program linked to them, no matter the version the program is running on. Unfortunately, those frameworks do not necessarily live in the same locations on each version of OS X, nor do their dependencies, and thus nix needs to know the specific version of OS X currently running in order to make those frameworks available. The pre-build hook is a perfect mechanism for doing just that.
2015-03-06Fix typos: s/the the/the/Daniel Hahler
2015-02-23TypoEelco Dolstra