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2024-03-27Stop vendoring toml11Winter
We don't apply any patches to it, and vendoring it locks users into bugs (it hasn't been updated since its introduction in late 2021). Closes https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/164 Change-Id: Ied071c841fc30b0dfb575151afd1e7f66970fdb9
2024-03-27Enable clang build timing analysisJade Lovelace
I didn't enable this by default for clang due to making the build time 10% worse or so. Unfortunate, but tbh devs for whom 10% of build time is not *that* bad should probably simply enable this. Change-Id: I8d1e5b6f3f76c649a4e2f115f534f7f97cee46e6
2024-03-27build: replace changelog-d with local scripteldritch horrors
hacking changelog-d to support not just github but also forgejo and gerrit is a lot more complicated than it's worth, even moreso since the entire thing can just as well be done with ~60 lines of python. this new script is also much cheaper to instantiate (being python), so having it enabled in all shells is far less of a hassle. we've also adjusted existing release notes that referenced a gerrit cl to auto-link to the cl in question, making the diff a bit bigger closes https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/176 Change-Id: I8ba7dd0070aad9ba4474401731215fcf5d9d2130
2024-03-27manual: fix release noteseldritch horrors
fix key spelling errors, type errors, things-should-not-be-comments errors Change-Id: I3ce12873aa78002bca686bd88404771895b05d30
2024-03-25Merge pull request #8817 from iFreilicht/flake-update-lock-overhaulThéophane Hufschmitt
Overhaul `nix flake update` and `nix flake lock` UX (cherry picked from commit 12a0ae73dbb37becefa5a442eb4532ff0de9ce65) Change-Id: Iff3b4f4235ebb1948ec612036b39ab29e4ca22b2
2024-03-24Improve new CLI UX by supporting short `-E` flag for `--expr`Lunaphied
Change-Id: I55881c846da8416a92a14deedfa5bbbf09a122fb
2024-03-19Merge "un-ups your start" into mainjade
2024-03-18un-ups your startJade Lovelace
We do not need upstart, it is so thoroughly obsolete that we should not care about supporting it. Change-Id: Ie0ca084740845555fddffacc899cd129c9a4c1fe
2024-03-18Release notes for builtins.nixVersion changeJade Lovelace
Change-Id: I72c945cab464d26d73f5594ef0a4bb2184545da4
2024-03-18report inherit attr errors at the duplicate nameeldritch horrors
previously we reported the error at the beginning of the binding block (for plain inherits) or the beginning of the attr list (for inherit-from), effectively hiding where exactly the error happened. this also carries over to runtime positions of attributes in sets as reported by unsafeGetAttrPos. we're not worried about this changing observable eval behavior because it *is* marked unsafe, and the new behavior is much more useful. (cherry picked from commit 1edd6fada53553b89847ac3981ac28025857ca02) Change-Id: I2f50eb9f3dc3977db4eb3e3da96f1cb37ccd5174
2024-03-18normalize formal order on ExprLambda::showeldritch horrors
we already normalize attr order to lexicographic, doing the same for formals makes sense. doubly so because the order of formals would otherwise depend on the context of the expression, which is not quite as useful as one might expect. (cherry picked from commit 4147ecfb1c51f3fe3b4adcbd4e753fd487dab645) Change-Id: I3fd0dbdef3ac7447a3a03ff20bb514a0d0f23fb1
2024-03-16diagnose duplicated attrs at correct patheldritch horrors
diagnose attr duplication at the path the duplication was detected, not at the path the current attribute wanted to place. doing the latter is only correct if a leaf attribute was duplicated, not if an attrpath was set to a non-attrset in one binding and a (potentially implied) attrset in another binding. fixes #124 Change-Id: Ic4aa9cc12a9874d4e7897c6f64408f10aa36fc82
2024-03-10evaluate inherit (from) exprs only once per directiveeldritch horrors
desugaring inherit-from to syntactic duplication of the source expr also duplicates side effects of the source expr (such as trace calls) and expensive computations (such as derivationStrict). (cherry picked from commit cefd0302b55b3360dbca59cfcb4bf6a750d6cdcf) Change-Id: Iff519f991adef2e51683ba2c552d37a3df7a179e
2024-03-09Merge pull request #9914 from 9999years/debugger-on-traceeldritch horrors
Enter debugger on `builtins.trace` with an option (cherry picked from commit 774e7ca5847ebc392eac2a124a8f12b24da4f65a) Change-Id: If01e2110b3a128e639b05143227e365227d149f1
2024-03-09Merge pull request #9928 from 9999years/error-messages-in-nix-repleldritch horrors
Improve error printing in `nix repl` (cherry picked from commit a8050d9b83052e4b5c52bf2d116381aedec3a93e) Change-Id: I588f92d1dd4c546c98788b71403cc034f5e7129a
2024-03-09Merge pull request #9917 from 9999years/enter-debugger-more-reliablyeldritch horrors
Enter debugger more reliably in `let` expressions and function calls (cherry picked from commit c4ed92fa6f836d3d8eb354a48c37a2f9eeecc3aa) Change-Id: I16d0cad7e898feecd2399723b92ba8df67222fb4
2024-03-09Merge pull request #9754 from 9999years/print-value-when-coercion-failseldritch horrors
Print the value in `error: cannot coerce` messages (cherry picked from commit 5b7bfd2d6b89d7dd5f54c1ca6c8072358d31a84e) === test taken from 6e8d5983143ae576e3f4b1d2954a5267f2943a49; it was added previously (and not backported because its pr was a mostly-revert), but it's useful to have around. Change-Id: Icbd14b55e3610ce7b774667bf14b82e6dc717982
2024-03-09Merge pull request #9753 from 9999years/print-value-on-type-erroreldritch horrors
Print the value in `value is X while a Y is expected` error (cherry picked from commit 5f72a97092da6af28a7d2b2a50d74e9d34fae7e1) Change-Id: Idb4bc903ae59a0f5b6fb3b1da4d47970fe0a6efe
2024-03-09Merge pull request #9755 from 9999years/printer-followupeldritch horrors
Printer followup (cherry picked from commit 51f524c629b778b75cb62a9e0c85bae655984abc) Change-Id: I29214cc86c5e846cbcfec382022293a70011b316
2024-03-09Unify and refactor value printingeldritch horrors
Previously, there were two mostly-identical value printers -- one in `libexpr/eval.cc` (which didn't force values) and one in `libcmd/repl.cc` (which did force values and also printed ANSI color codes). This PR unifies both of these printers into `print.cc` and provides a `PrintOptions` struct for controlling the output, which allows for toggling whether values are forced, whether repeated values are tracked, and whether ANSI color codes are displayed. Additionally, `PrintOptions` allows tuning the maximum number of attributes, list items, and bytes in a string that will be displayed; this makes it ideal for contexts where printing too much output (e.g. all of Nixpkgs) is distracting. (As requested by @roberth in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9554#issuecomment-1845095735) Please read the tests for example output. Future work: - It would be nice to provide this function as a builtin, perhaps `builtins.toStringDebug` -- a printing function that never fails would be useful when debugging Nix code. - It would be nice to support customizing `PrintOptions` members on the command line, e.g. `--option to-string-max-attrs 1000`. (cherry picked from commit 0fa08b451682fb3311fe58112ff05c4fe5bee3a4, ) === Restore ambiguous value printer for `nix-instantiate` The Nix team has requested that this output format remain unchanged. I've added a warning to the man page explaining that `nix-instantiate --eval` output will not parse correctly in many situations. (cherry picked from commit df84dd4d8dd3fd6381ac2ca3064432ab31a16b79) Change-Id: I7cca6b4b53cd0642f2d49af657d5676a8554c9f8
2024-03-07Merge changes I03bbff94,I778edad1,Iaa80073b,Ib1d58fe4 into maineldritch horrors
* changes: Add release notes Print how many checks are run Print derivation paths Log what `nix flake check` does
2024-03-07Add release noteseldritch horrors
(cherry picked from commit 561a56cd13b4f12e3dfb6c5e3f42e5d8add04ecc) === Modified the release notes' synopsis to make it match its contents, probably a copy-paste. Co-authored-by: Raito Bezarius <raito@lix.systems> Change-Id: I03bbff940b93e7df4b6c2fe9159c49a59ed47b55
2024-03-07Merge pull request #9032 from Ma27/structured-attrs-env-varseldritch horrors
structured attrs: improve support / usage of NIX_ATTRS_{SH,JSON}_FILE (cherry picked from commit 3c042f3b0b0a7ef9c47bf049f5410dbd4aac9e90) Change-Id: I7e41838338ee1edf31fff6f9e354c3db2bba6c0e
2024-03-05Merge pull request #5145 from fedepell/local_doc_build_5140eldritch horrors
Docs build: depend on locally built nix executable and not installed one (cherry picked from commit ca72e3e7e8f69526f028475a7a9b40812da1acdd) === includes changes from (because not doing so removes manpages): Merge pull request #9976 from alois31/restore-manual-pages Restore manual pages (cherry picked from commit d3c1997127e0fc08576e842b2bfe046d8a28d2f4) Change-Id: I685ff16163ac552a1754570c03c992c63a461d50
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9915 from 9999years/evaluating-attribute-positioneldritch horrors
Add position information to `while evaluating the attribute` errors in the debugger (cherry picked from commit ffe67c86a8ef3695e5c8b9c9800c192ac633dded) Change-Id: I177ea5ec60898abe09fb9d80d9602b2a32ff8f44
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9918 from 9999years/debugger-locals-for-let-expressionseldritch horrors
Expose locals from `let` expressions to the debugger (cherry picked from commit acef4f17a2daab4ccdf656bdf229792db2f779e4) Change-Id: Ib3623254f67ac762f4e7230d625e9f87dff38a84
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9919 from 9999years/reduce-debugger-cluttereldritch horrors
Reduce visual clutter in the debugger (cherry picked from commit f388a6148dae0fc999f1a67d0b96d76788f9b97f) Change-Id: I21bfe3e9f75816484b0f46dbe09e0ff40b22c6d9
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9481 from ↵eldritch horrors
iFreilicht/disallow-nix-search-without-search-terms nix search: Disallow empty regex (cherry picked from commit 1c260fa6d1f47d83954792771d0614db163cc3bc) Change-Id: Iaaf3605c24a342fcb05d0b534a9f305533d3b5fa
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9692 from 9999years/update-clang-stdenveldritch horrors
Remove `clang11Stdenv` (cherry picked from commit cbf99c71c6f58579174c1c7649a5421c1d2ba9b0) Change-Id: I716ce1a54f2006c4a9dc9716e8529fe7858ecebb
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9658 from pennae/env-dieteldritch horrors
reduce the size of Env by one pointer (cherry picked from commit 83f5622545a2fc31eb7e7d5105f64ed6dd3058b3) Change-Id: I5636290526d0165cfc61aee1e7a5b94db4a26cef
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9673 from pennae/drv-parse-optseldritch horrors
optimize derivation parsing (cherry picked from commit 3511430902941f0f26dc71313a54bb5096f57305) Change-Id: I00f76dcd464a5811944613731501af504b6e8c29
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9617 from 9999years/stack-overflow-segfaulteldritch horrors
Fix segfault on infinite recursion in some cases (cherry picked from commit bf1b294bd81ca76c5ec9fe3ecd52196bf52a8300) Change-Id: Id137541426ec8536567835953fccf986a3aebf16
2024-03-04Merge pull request #4093 from matthewbauer/eval-systemeldritch horrors
Add eval-system option (cherry picked from commit 071dbbee33af9f27338c3e53e4ea067dbfa14010) Change-Id: Ia81358c8cfb60241da07a4d0e84b9ee62a18a53f
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9573 from hercules-ci/rl-next-md-frontmattereldritch horrors
rl-next: Fix and support markdown frontmatter syntax (cherry picked from commit 69b7876a0810269ad71807594cfd99b26cd8a5ff) Change-Id: I8bfb8967af0943080fdd70d257c34abaf0a9fedf
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9555 from 9999years/positions-in-errorseldritch horrors
Pass positions when evaluating (cherry picked from commit c8458bd731eb1c74159bebe459ea00165e056b65) Change-Id: I1b4a5d58973be6264ffdb23b4492da200fdb71be
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9465 from obsidiansystems/build-direldritch horrors
Use `buildprefix` in a few more places (cherry picked from commit b6a3fde6b7a416929553e6be36fc991680ddf9ef) Change-Id: I2790663fa9f8242ac2db6582b7e421d2fdf42942
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9393 from hercules-ci/changelog-deldritch horrors
Automatically compile hand-written release notes with `changelog-d` (cherry picked from commit 928f0c13414d20c1af88b30bd6700fd730ee0bab) Change-Id: Ia0685835c52edf185b64dd696b19305746c077e5
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9257 from Artturin/nixenvjsondrvpatheldritch horrors
`nix-env --query`: fix `--json` ignoring `--drv-path` (cherry picked from commit 516e7ddc41f39ff939b5d5b5dc71e590f24890d4) Change-Id: I84b5bccea9d0383e2e74544743b703942e7be547
2024-03-04Merge pull request #8470 from ncfavier/shebang-single-quoteseldritch horrors
nix-shell: support single quotes in shebangs, fix whitespace parsing (cherry picked from commit 3b99c6291377cbd22607896af9dfafa857d2f2dc) Change-Id: I2a431b21c3467eefa1ef95d5a36d672f45b6937a
2024-03-04Merge pull request #8047 from lovesegfault/always-allow-substituteseldritch horrors
feat: add always-allow-substitutes (cherry picked from commit da2b59a08878b3c6c7074595e3b6d26b6928b4c1) Change-Id: I50481cd8fe643c673c610fec28bad84519a4d650
2024-03-04Merge pull request #9131 from obsidiansystems/delete-bootstrap-scripteldritch horrors
Get rid of `bootstrap.sh` (cherry picked from commit aaef47a08eaf54a8856dd25c784fd85d8d7b0e22) Change-Id: I1a74bed0c23d6fda06d5dfd8ecad443b9122da12
2024-03-04Merge pull request #8923 from obsidiansystems/test-protoeldritch horrors
Unit test some worker protocol serializers (cherry picked from commit c6faef61a6f31c71146aee5d88168e861df9a22a) Change-Id: I99e36f5f17eb7642211a4e42a16b143424f164b4
2024-03-04Merge pull request #8931 from fricklerhandwerk/nix3-config-optionsThéophane Hufschmitt
do not show configuration override flags for each command (cherry picked from commit f89b84919c1a5c796512c50311821e7779b3678b) Change-Id: Ib98b739bd6c9a1e94f94a78a47d84d72e435e7c0
2024-02-07fix location of `_redirects` file (#9956)github-actions[bot]
2024-01-08fix an old lost direct (#9717)github-actions[bot]
this part must have been moved quite a while ago, but apparently so far no one noticed (cherry picked from commit 6db805b3d1e4eccd0103d9856b8ab3d01efba51f) Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-12-01Move tests to separate directories, and documentJohn Ericson
Today, with the tests inside a `tests` intermingled with the corresponding library's source code, we have a few problems: - We have to be careful that wildcards don't end up with tests being built as part of Nix proper, or test headers being installed as part of Nix proper. - Tests in libraries but not executables is not right: - It means each executable runs the previous unit tests again, because it needs the libraries. - It doesn't work right on Windows, which doesn't want you to load a DLL just for the side global variable . It could be made to work with the dlopen equivalent, but that's gross! This reorg solves these problems. There is a remaining problem which is that sibbling headers (like `hash.hh` the test header vs `hash.hh` the main `libnixutil` header) end up shadowing each other. This PR doesn't solve that. That is left as future work for a future PR. Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> (cherry picked from commit 91b6833686a6a6d9eac7f3f66393ec89ef1d3b57) (cherry picked from commit a61e42adb528b3d40ce43e07c79368d779a8b624)
2023-12-01Put functional tests in `tests/functional`John Ericson
I think it is bad for these reasons when `tests/` contains a mix of functional and integration tests - Concepts is harder to understand, the documentation makes a good unit vs functional vs integration distinction, but when the integration tests are just two subdirs within `tests/` this is not clear. - Source filtering in the `flake.nix` is more complex. We need to filter out some of the dirs from `tests/`, rather than simply pick the dirs we want and take all of them. This is a good sign the structure of what we are trying to do is not matching the structure of the files. With this change we have a clean: ```shell-session $ git show 'HEAD:tests' tree HEAD:tests functional/ installer/ nixos/ ``` (cherry picked from commit 68c81c737571794f7246db53fb4774e94fcf4b7e)
2023-11-27add path based redirectsValentin Gagarin
up to now, those were managed outside of this repo, which as unsurprisingly a real hassle to deal with if one wanted to prevent URLs from breaking when moving pages around. this change removes a large part of the friction involved in moving content in the Nix manual. possible next steps for further automation: - check for content that moved and warn if it's not reachable from links that were valid prior to a change - create redirect rules automatically based on this information (cherry picked from commit 2b7016cc56d12e67de9f1f25b18311866a26a5fe)
2023-11-10backport fix for the `--help` outputValentin Gagarin
2023-09-20Mark official releaseEelco Dolstra