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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
2015-11-23Fixed typo.Rommel M. Martinez
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".
2015-10-05Don't mention Fedora/Debian packages in the installation sectionEelco Dolstra
See https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/d4a88df9d6114f609da889db62ef0a3bf6e4ef27
2015-10-05Merge pull request #645 from acowley/patch-1Eelco Dolstra
Update prerequisites-source.xml
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
2015-09-15Update prerequisites-source.xmlAnthony Cowley
The Perl WWW::Curl bindings are required to build Nix.
2015-09-03Release notesEelco Dolstra
2015-09-01Fix readDir exampleEelco Dolstra
Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/issues/46.
2015-08-05Fix exampleEelco Dolstra
2015-07-28Add sort primopEelco Dolstra
2015-07-28Add primop genListEelco Dolstra
This can be used to implement functions like ‘imap’ (or for that matter, ‘map’) without the quadratic complexity incurred by calling ‘++’ repeatedly.
2015-07-24Add replaceStrings primopEelco Dolstra
This is a generalisation of replaceChars in Nixpkgs.
2015-07-23Add primops all and anyEelco Dolstra
These are used thousands of times during NixOS evaluation, so it's useful to speed them up.
2015-07-23Add foldl' primopEelco Dolstra
2015-07-20nix-copy-closure: Add -v flagEelco Dolstra
And make exportPath() less spammy by default.
2015-06-12TyposEelco Dolstra
2015-06-12Update release notesEelco Dolstra
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
2015-06-01TypoEelco Dolstra
2015-06-01Nix 1.9 release notesEelco 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
2015-02-23Use chroots for all derivationsEelco Dolstra
If ‘build-use-chroot’ is set to ‘true’, fixed-output derivations are now also chrooted. However, unlike normal derivations, they don't get a private network namespace, so they can still access the network. Also, the use of the ‘__noChroot’ derivation attribute is no longer allowed. Setting ‘build-use-chroot’ to ‘relaxed’ gives the old behaviour.
2015-02-23Add restricted evaluation modeEelco Dolstra
If ‘--option restrict-eval true’ is given, the evaluator will throw an exception if an attempt is made to access any file outside of the Nix search path. This is primarily intended for Hydra, where we don't want people doing ‘builtins.readFile ~/.ssh/id_dsa’ or stuff like that.
2015-02-22Merge branch 'docs/channels-path' of git://github.com/iElectric/nixShea Levy
2015-02-22fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/6485Domen Kožar
2015-02-19Allow the leading component of a path to be a ~Shea Levy
2015-02-17Use $<attr>Path instead of $<attr> for passAsFileEelco Dolstra
2015-02-17Allow passing attributes via files instead of environment variablesEelco Dolstra
Closes #473.
2015-02-17Keep sortedEelco Dolstra
2015-02-04TypoEelco Dolstra
2015-02-04Require linux 3.13 or later for chrootShea Levy
Fixes #453
2015-01-12doc: `nix-channel --remove` takes a name, not a urlTobias Geerinckx-Rice
2015-01-08Fix typo (assuming this is a typo)Данило Глинський (Danylo Hlynskyi)
Fix typo (assuming this is a typo) `allowedRequisites` mentions `allowedReferences` in code example
2015-01-08nix-shell: Add --run flagEelco Dolstra
‘--run’ is like ‘--command’, except that it runs the command in a non-interactive shell. This is important if you do things like: $ nix-shell --command make Hitting Ctrl-C while make is running drops you into the interactive Nix shell, which is probably not what you want. So you can now do $ nix-shell --run make instead.