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2014-07-04Add builtin function ‘fromJSON’Eelco Dolstra
Fixes #294.
2014-07-03Manual: html -> xhtmlEelco Dolstra
2014-06-27Add `--json` argument to `nix-instantiate`Paul Colomiets
2014-05-26Rephrase @ operator descriptionAdam Szkoda
2014-05-21nix-store -l: Fetch build logs from the InternetEelco Dolstra
If a build log is not available locally, then ‘nix-store -l’ will now try to download it from the servers listed in the ‘log-servers’ option in nix.conf. For instance, if you have: log-servers = http://hydra.nixos.org/log then it will try to get logs from http://hydra.nixos.org/log/<base name of the store path>. So you can do things like: $ nix-store -l $(which xterm) and get a log even if xterm wasn't built locally.
2014-05-13fix typoCharles Strahan
2014-05-02Simplify multi-user installation instructionsEelco Dolstra
2014-04-28doc fix: swap 'import' and 'export'Charles Strahan
2014-04-25trunk -> masterEelco Dolstra
2014-04-15nix-env: Minor change to '--delete-generations Nd' semanticsRicardo M. Correia
The option '--delete-generations Nd' deletes all generations older than N days. However, most likely the user does not want to delete the generation that was active N days ago. For example, say that you have these 3 generations: 1: <30 days ago> 2: <15 days ago> 3: <1 hour ago> If you do --delete-generations 7d (say, as part of a cron job), most likely you still want to keep generation 2, i.e. the generation that was active 7 days ago (and for most of the past 7 days, in fact). This patch fixes this issue. Note that this also affects 'nix-collect-garbage --delete-older-than Nd'. Thanks to @roconnor for noticing the issue!
2014-04-11Bump dateEelco Dolstra
2014-04-10Don't barf when installing as rootEelco Dolstra
2014-04-09Add docbook icons to the distributionEelco Dolstra
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2014-04-08Simplify quick start sectionEelco Dolstra
2014-04-08Remove redundant stuffEelco Dolstra
2014-04-08Update installation instructionsEelco Dolstra
2014-04-07Update release notesEelco Dolstra
2014-04-04Update release notesEelco Dolstra
2014-04-04Document that we require a C++11 compilerEelco Dolstra
2014-03-30nix-collect-garbage: Add --delete-older-than optionRicardo M. Correia
2014-03-30nix-env: Add support for --delete-generations 15dRicardo M. Correia
It will delete all generations older than the specified number of days.
2014-03-12Document nix-env -q --jsonEelco Dolstra
2014-03-12Generate release notes againEelco Dolstra
2014-03-12Update release notes for 1.7Eelco Dolstra
2014-03-11Fix typosEelco Dolstra
2014-03-11Document null dynamic attrsShea Levy
2014-02-28TypoEelco Dolstra
2014-02-26Also provide an option for setting the curl connection timeoutEelco Dolstra
2014-02-26Document dynamic attributesShea Levy
Signed-off-by: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
2014-02-19nix-shell: Add --packages flagEelco Dolstra
This allows you to easily set up a build environment containing the specified packages from Nixpkgs. For example: $ nix-shell -p sqlite xorg.libX11 hello will start a shell in which the given packages are present.
2014-02-19nix-instantiate: Rename --eval-only to --eval, --parse-only to --parseEelco Dolstra
2014-02-19nix-instantiate: Add a flag --expr / -E to read expressions from the command ↵Eelco Dolstra
line This is basically a shortcut for ‘echo 'expr...' | nix-instantiate -’. Also supported by nix-build and nix-shell.
2014-02-19Move manpages aroundEelco Dolstra
2014-02-17nix-store --gc --max-freed: Support a unit specifierEelco Dolstra
E.g. "--max-freed 10G" means "free ten gigabytes".
2014-02-17nix-shell: Execute shellHook if it existsEelco Dolstra
Since normal builds don't execute shellHook, this allows nix-shell specific customisation. Suggested by Domen.
2014-02-12Document current meaning of preferLocalBuildEelco Dolstra
Closes #208.
2014-02-10Binary tarball: Automatically create /nixEelco Dolstra
The tarball can now be unpacked anywhere. The installation script uses "sudo" to create /nix if it doesn't exist. It also fetches the nixpkgs-unstable channel.
2014-02-10nix-shell: Use shell.nix as the default expression if it existsEelco Dolstra
2014-02-07Rename --no-readonly-mode --read-write-modeShea Levy
Signed-off-by: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
2014-02-07nix-instantiate: Add a --no-readonly-mode flagShea Levy
This allows running nix-instantiate --eval-only without performing the evaluation in readonly mode, letting features like import from derivation and automatic substitution of builtins.storePath paths work. Signed-off-by: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
2014-02-01Only run "git ls-files" when doing "make check"Eelco Dolstra
2014-02-01More "make dist" fixesEelco Dolstra
2014-02-01Fix "make dist"Eelco Dolstra
2014-02-01Remove AutomakefilesEelco Dolstra
2014-02-01Update Makefile variable namesEelco Dolstra
2014-02-01Build/install manualEelco Dolstra
2014-01-13Document nullsEelco Dolstra
2013-11-19Add a toJSON primopEelco Dolstra
2013-11-14Remove nix-setuid-helperEelco Dolstra
AFAIK, nobody uses it, it's not maintained, and it has no tests.
2013-10-28Update release notes, set version for 1.6.1 releaseEelco Dolstra